ICPH is dedicated to alleviating family poverty and homelessness through a multi-pronged approach, involving employment, education, and housing. We are excited about this issue of UNCENSORED, which includes articles with compelling ideas on all three fronts.…
Homeless students are 8 to 9 times more likely to repeat grades.…
There are 1.1 million homeless students in U.S. public schools. This does not include infants and toddlers.…
In “Bringing Child Homelessness into Focus,” the internationally renowned photographer Craig Blankenhorn shares his work documenting homeless families across the country. “A Sweet Mission,” features the Yonkers-based Greyston Foundation, with its open-hiring policy for the Greyston Bakery and its programs to employ, train, support, and encourage struggling adults who are trying to provide for their children. These stories are just two components of our Spring issue, whose many perspectives on a growing problem offer a wealth of information, insights, and challenges.…
Education is key to breaking the cycle of poverty and moving up the economic ladder, but 49% of all sheltered parents don’t have a high school diploma compared to 20% of all New Yorkers.…
The Fall 2013 issue of UNCENSORED features excerpts from the Tackling Poverty panel discussion in early 2013. “Girls Write Now” takes a look at a highly successful New York City program, pairing professional women writers and editors with often at-risk female high school students to enhance the girls’ writing skills. “Judy Centers” examines efforts to bring together educational and family services under one roof for preschool-aged children and their parents. “The Sanity Project” comprises heartbreaking and inspiring personal essays by a Michigan-based homeless education liaison.…
1 in 3 homeless children in New York City suffer from asthma. That’s more than 2x the rate of children nationwide.…
Students living in NYC shelters last year missed an average of 31 school days.…
High-quality early-education programs help children develop, but almost 4 out of 5 young homeless children (ages 5 years or younger) in New York City aren’t enrolled in public preschool.…
There are 69,545 homeless students in NYC—so many that every public school class of 25 could include one.…
Our spring issue features “It Takes McCarver to Raise a Child: The Tacoma Housing Authority’s Education-based Fight against Homelessness” and “Beyond Freedom: Survivors of Domestic Violence Learn Self-Care.” The National Perspective focuses on “The Struggles of Homeless Hispanic Families;” The Historical Perspective revisits “Fresh Air for City Kids: the Early Years of Summer Camp”; the Voices column looks closely at “Rapidly Re-Housing Homeless Families: New York City—a Case Study.”…
1 in 14 New York City children is homeless—living in the city shelter system, staying with family or friends, or sleeping with no roof overhead.…