Fall 2013, Vol 4.3

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.…

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Be Informed Issue 6

1 in 3 homeless children in New York City suffer from asthma. That’s more than 2x the rate of children nationwide.…

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Be Informed Issue 4

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.…

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Be Informed Issue 3

There are 69,545 homeless students in NYC—so many that every public school class of 25 could include one.…

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Summer 2013, Vol. 4.2

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.”…

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Be Informed Issue 2

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.…

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Be Informed Issue 1

1 in 35 families with homeless children in NYC lived in a homeless shelter in 2011. This amounts to over 70,000 family members—enough to fill Madison Square Garden more than 3.5 times.…

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Spring 2013, Vol 4.1

The feature articles in this issue take both broad and up-close looks at the work of serving poor and homeless families. Our cover story, “Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Life,” which examines widespread efforts among medical professionals and others to ensure the well-being of mothers over the long term. “Lives in Transition,” meanwhile, focuses on one facility, Transition House in Santa Barbara, California, which works with families who are motivated to overcome the crises that have led them to homelessness and rebuild their lives. …

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Fall 2012, Vol. 3.3

This issue of UNCENSORED includes three features on programs aimed at helping those who find themselves homeless, as well as a piece on a New York domestic-violence shelter written by journalist who has firsthand experience there.…

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Summer 2012, Vol. 3.2

This issue examines the plight of undocumented families in “Reaching into the Shadows;” the bureaucratic and legal challenges to receiving food stamps in “Little Becoming Less;” the positive effects of gardening in “Green Thumbs Up;” and the need for better data to understand and target services to homeless youth in “National Perspective.”

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Spring 2012, Vol. 3.1

This issue’s cover story delves into local programs and national trends to provide better access to and awareness of healthy foods and food preparation—from rooftop gardens to mobile produce deliveries and junior chefs. The issue also looks at the push for financial literacy among low-income families, how homeless, formerly homeless, and foster-care youth are choosing to speak up for change, and more.…

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