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.…
Our Town: Homeless students spike by 22 percent
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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.…
QNS: More than 30 percent of students at these Queens schools are currently homeless, study finds
An interactive map and study released by a nonprofit research organization revealed that more than 127,000 students in New York City have experienced homelessness within the last five school years.…
DNAinfo: See How the City’s Homelessness Crisis Affects Your School
One of every eight New York City public school students has experienced homelessness or housing instability in the past five school years, according to an analysis of 2014-15 data by the Institute which released an interactive map Wednesday providing school-by-school data on homeless attendees.…
6sqft: Homeless spending in NYC doubles over three years, likely to hit $2.3B
DNAinfo shares an analysis by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness that says in the 2014-15 school year, one in eight public school students had experienced homelessness in the past five years. During the 2015-16 school year, 105,445 children in grades K-12 were homeless, up from 82,000 the year prior.…
Patch: More Than 20 Percent Of Students Are Homeless At Liberty High School In Chelsea
More than 20 percent of students at the Liberty High School in Chelsea were homeless in the 2014-2015 school year, according to a new interactive map released Wednesday by ICPH.…
Sunnyside Post: Large number of children attending Western Queens schools are homeless, according to report
According to a report released by ICPH, approximately 5.2 percent of children in District 30, which covers Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, and parts of Woodside and Jackson Heights, have experienced homelessness in the last five years.…
Athens Banner-Herald: School vouchers raise too many questions
According to ICPH, nearly 2 percent of Georgia students – nearly 37,000 children – were homeless in the 2013-14 school year. Of those, 16 percent had disabilities. And while rural schools enroll 32 percent of all Georgia students, they enroll 40 percent of homeless students.…