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Some Facts You May not Have Known About Homelessness in the US
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By
Youth
4 the Future
Staff
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According to the National Coalition for the Homeless,
- 1.35 million US children are homeless on any given night. (2000)
- Families are now the fastest growing segment of the homeless population, accounting for almost 39% of the nation's homeless. (2000)
- The average age of a homeless person in the US is 9 years old.
- 41% of homeless children are under the age of five.
- Nearly 20% of homeless children lack a regular source of medical care.
- Homeless children are hungry more than twice as often as other children.
- Almost 1/3 of low-income families do not have enough money to prepare three meals a day.
- 14% of homeless children are diagnosed with learning disabilities - double the rate of other children.
- 21% of homeless children repeat a grade because of frequent absence from school.
- Within a single school year, 41% of homeless students attend two different schools, 28% attend three or more.
- For children and youth identified as homeless by State Departments of Education, 35% lived in shelters, 34% lived doubled up with family or friends and 23% lived in motels or other locations. (FY 2000)
Give a little – give a lot. Muslims 4 Humanity – Youth Network
[And We have sent you O Muhammad not but as a mercy for mankind and all that exists.] (Al-Anbiya 21:107)
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