Recent weeks have brought devastating news for many of the shelters coping with a surge of homelessness in cities across the country: The federal funding they have relied on to house, feed, and care for some of the very neediest Americans is going away.…
Tents cities are proliferating in Seattle and Los Angeles. Shelters are overflowing in Madison, Wisconsin, and Asheville, North Carolina. The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has declared a housing “state of emergency.” A coalition of 10 west coast mayors is pleading for money from Washington to address what they call a “housing and homelessness crisis.” Nowhere is the situation worse than in New York City, where the shelter population this winter has surged above 60,000.…
Your eyes do not deceive you, the headlines do not exaggerate: homelessness is worse than ever in New York City.…
Our 2016 conference brought together over 600 service providers, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners from across the country and around the world to discuss best practices and share insights on how to address the issue of family homelessness with tools that stem far beyond simply housing.…
Based on the children’s books by Ralph da Costa Nunez, Home at Last: Stories for Children about Homelessness is a collection of animated videos on family homelessness and poverty for grades K-5, together on one DVD.…
There appears to be no end to the mounting pressures on America’s poorest families in the areas of income, housing, and employment.…
In New York City 1 in 5 people in a homeless shelter is a child age 5 or younger.…
The Fall 2015 issue explores the technology gap between low-income students and their peers in “The Digital Divide;” describes the home visiting model of support for expectant and new parents in “Changing Lives with a Knock on the Door;” and shares how City of Refuge, a nonprofit in Atlanta, Georgia, is addressing the booming suburban poverty rate with innovation that includes culinary and automotive social enterprises in “Middle Class by Middle Age.”…
The recently released and much-anticipated midpoint results of the Family Options Study did not yield strong, much less conclusive results about which rehousing strategy is most effective.…
The top challenges homeless children faced in attending school were concern about basic survival needs, lack of transportation, inability to do homework due to lack of a study area, lack of clothing and supplies, and poor health and medical care.…
Publisher’s Note Dear Reader, Summer is the season that conjures up images of fun in the sun, vacations, and a break from school. But for homeless families—parents, young children, and college-age youth—this season can offer even more obstacles to overcome when school doors are closed and so are easy access to free meals, child care,…
There are nearly 80,000 homeless students who attend New York City public schools. While many do well and stay on track, many face the risk of a jeopardized academic future.…