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First Focus: Bill Reintroduction is a Victory for 1.2 Million Homeless Kids
A new report from the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness found that 1 in 3 high school students in New York City that has attempted suicide is homeless and over 40 percent of homeless teens struggle with depression, a rate 12 percentage points higher than their housed peers.…
Huffington Post: Homeless Teens Are 3 Times More Likely To Attempt Suicide, Be Hurt By Partners
“More Than a Place to Sleep,” examined the effects of homelessness on teenagers―and found that homeless high schoolers are more likely than their housed peers to attempt suicide, experience intimate partner violence and suffer from preventable but serious health issues.…
KERA News: Study Ties Student Homelessness To Poor Health, Academic Performance
Texas ranks third in the country for the highest number of homeless students in public schools, and research suggests these kids fall behind academically because they’re prone to more health problems. The study from ICPH ties homelessness and health to school performance.…
POLITICO New York: New York City’s homeless high schoolers face daunting health risks
NYC’s homeless high school students face a daunting array of health risks, including asthma attacks, unplanned pregnancies and self-harm, according to a study to be released Monday by ICPH.…
Washington Times: A healer for housing
“Mr. Castro pointed to a massive HUD report that nobody has time to read. Someone did read it—the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness—which concluded, ‘Definitive answers were nowhere to be found’ regarding Rapid Rehousing’s results.”…
Our Town: Homeless students spike by 22 percent
A 2016 study by ICPH found that 127,000 of the city’s 1.1 million public school students have been homeless at some point during those five years.…
Philanthropy News Digest: Atlas of Student Homelessness in New York City
Approximately 127,000 students — one in eight — attending New York City public schools in 2014-15 had been homeless at some point during the previous five years, an analysis from the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness finds.…
Patch: Bed-Stuy’s Student Homelessness Problem: Politicians Weigh In
The issue was highlighted this week when ICPH released an interactive map on neighborhoods with the highest percent of homeless students. The map was part of a report that found Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville had percentages of 15.2% within their school districts.…
Queens Chronicle: Fewer kids homeless in Queens schools
Fewer Queens students have experienced homelessness than in other parts of the city, but pockets of the borough still have a high rate of pupils without permanent residences, according to a new report by ICPH.…
Bronx Chronicle: New Interactive Map of Student Homelessness Now Available
As student homelessness continues to grow nationwide, ICPH has launched a new, free interactive data tool to inform educators, service providers, and policy makers about data concerning homeless students in New York City.…
Kings County Politics: Samuel, Butler Weigh In On Bed-Stuy, Brownsville Student Homelessness
Two of the leading candidates for the upcoming vacant 41st District City Council Seat weighed in yesterday on one of the district’s biggest issues – how to deal with Bed-Stuy and Brownsville housing the 3rd and 4th largest population citywide of homeless public school students.…