“No one will say it, but shelters have become a surrogate for low-income housing in America,” said Ralph da Costa Nuñez, president of the New York City-based think tank Institute for Children and Poverty.…
According to the data released by the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness (ICPH), there are more than 116,700 homeless students in the state of New York and 83 percent of them live in urban centers up- and downstate.…
Thirty-six percent of homeless children attending New York City’s public schools were chronically absent (or missing more than 18 days of the school year) in 2013-2014, according to a study by the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness.…
“A comprehensive vision is precisely what is needed—comprehensive enough to include educational supports, mental health services, job training and other on-site shelter services to put, and keep, families in their own homes.”…
According to a report on New York City from the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness, a policy research organization, students in temporary housing are nearly twice as likely to be chronically absent — meaning they miss at least 20 days of school — as students who are not homeless.…
Studies continue to show that “where you live and where children grow up matters”. It seems that geography matters more to children in poor or very-low income families. The philosophy that living in a more affluent area influences the level of income a person has, and this appears to be widely similar across metropolitan areas in the United States.…
… a report from the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness found the stability of staying in one shelter for all four years of high school can lead to graduation rates nearly on par with low-income students in regular housing.…
Another recent report, by the New York City-based Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness (ICPH), found that more than 127,000 New York City public-school students—or one in eight—have been homeless at some point in the last five school years.…
Mango’s Quest tells the tale of a young, orange-colored hamster who must leave his safe and warm cage in Room 222.…
Join Mango in his search for a home of his own! This activity book is the companion to Mango’s Quest.…
More than 100,000 New York City students are homeless this academic year, according to an analysis by the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness (ICPH). That’s an increase of 22 percent over the year before — a jump that is ‘unprecedented,’ Jennifer Erb-Downward, principal policy analyst at ICPH, told ThinkProgress.…
Homelessness is a women’s issue, an early childhood issue, a teen pregnancy issue, a domestic violence issue, and a criminal justice issue.…