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Homelessness

The psychological – not to mention material – well-being of children is compromised when faced with inadequate housing needs.  Housing problems pose a serious risk for negative child outcomes, including homelessness, overcrowding, poor nutrition, frequent moving, and lack of parental supervision. 

According to the National Center on Family Homelessness, family homelessness is increasing.  Emergency shelter requests across the United States have increased every year since 1985, with an average of 20% in 2002.  Furthermore, families with children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population.  Homelessness can provide few, if any, positive outcomes for children.  For example, homeless children get sick twice as often as other children.  Homeless children go hungry twice as often as other children and 25% of homeless children report eating less after becoming homeless.  Homeless children have many more mental health problems than other children.

Homeless children face many problems in school that children with stable home environments don’t have.  For example, many schools do not allow homeless children to register without school and medical records. Other schools will not enroll children without a home address and there is often no transportation available to get children from shelters to school.

Read More About It:

Cost Associated with First-Time Homelessness for Families and Individuals

Geography of Homelessness
http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/search/?search_query=geography

Pinellas Point-in-Time Homeless Count
http://www.pinellashomeless.org/homelessness-in-pinellas/point-in-time-homeless-count.html

The Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse Pinellas County Profile
http://flhousingdata.shimberg.ufl.edu/a/profiles?action=results&nid=5200

State Report Card on Child Homelessness
http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/


 

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