4 out of every 10 poor children got to school hungry.…
4 out of 10 poor children go to school hungry
Audiences: General Public
Motel Generation
In school year 2012-13, more than 70,000 homeless children left for school every morning from a hotel or motel.…
Left-back Generation
Over 36% of homeless students go to a school that doesn’t receive federal funding specifically targeted to homeless kids.…
80,000 homeless NYC students
In the 2012-13 school year, there were over 80,000 children enrolled in New York City public schools who were homeless at some point during the year.…
Under 5 years old
44% of the 24,383 children living in a DHS shelter in March 2014 were under 5 years old.…
Huffington Post: Reject the Status Quo to Break the Cycle of Homelessness
New York City faces a persistent conundrum: How can the city help homeless families out of shelters and into secure, stable housing—and prevent their return to the shelter system?…
Families in NYC Shelter
As of October 14, 2014 there were almost 12,000 families, including over 24,000 children, living in a family shelter in New York City every night.…
Huffington Post: When It Comes to Homeless Students, Should the Sky Be the Limit?
The recent data released by the U.S. Department of Education on the increase in the number of homeless students in the United States are sad, but not surprising. Family homelessness has been climbing steadily for decades. …
1.3 million school children are homeless
1.3 million school children are homeless. Why?…
Fall 2014, Vol. 5.3
With the latest statistics showing that there are now nearly 1.3 million homeless students in the United States, focusing on education is more important than ever. In our Fall 2014 issue, we are excited to have education, for both children and adults, serve as the single unifying theme.…
Emergency Food Assistance
83% of cities surveyed reported that requests for emergency food assistance increased over the past year.…
Huffington Post: Two Cities, Two Students: One Future?
New York City has many tales to tell. One is familiar—Mayor de Blasio’s “Tale of Two Cities”—but the other is not: the Tale of Two Students, the housed and the homeless.…