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Yamashiro, Amy; McLaughlin, John – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2020
Homelessness is a reality for many families with young children in the United States. Homeless children and youths lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. In 2017, about a third of all people who stayed in a shelter were families with children, and nearly half of children served by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Young Children, Emergency Shelters, At Risk Persons
Yamashiro, Amy; McLaughlin, John – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2020
In January 2016, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released the first 50-state profile on Early Childhood Homelessness as part of an interagency collaboration with multiple departments and agencies participating on the early childhood workgroup of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH). This report updates ED's…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Young Children, Emergency Shelters, At Risk Persons
Administration for Children & Families, 2017
Homelessness is a reality for many families with young children in our country. In 2015, a third of all people who stayed in a shelter were in families with children and nearly half of children served by HUD-funded emergency/transitional housing providers in 2015 were age five or younger (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Young Children, Emergency Shelters, At Risk Persons
Administration for Children & Families, 2016
Homelessness is a reality for many families with young children in the country. In fact, infancy is the period of life when a person is at highest risk of living in a homeless shelter in the United States (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), 6th Annual Homelessness Report, 2012). Every day more and more Americans understand…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Young Children, Emergency Shelters, At Risk Persons
Cowen, Joshua – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2016
I provide a new, systematic profile of more than 18,000 homeless students in Michigan, utilizing rich administrative data from all test-taking students in grades 3-9 during the 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years. These data are part of a larger study of school choice and student mobility in that state. Homelessness is a condition found…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Student Mobility, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2013
Homelessness is a devastating circumstance for any child or youth, but for youth on their own, the stresses of homelessness are multiplied. The myriad of challenges faced by youth experiencing homelessness on their own puts these students at risk of dropping out or school failure. Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Latchkey Children, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation