Homeless Families – Wyoming, Kansas

In Wyoming, many jobs but no place to call home, By Jack Healy, January 12, 2013, New York Times: “After losing everything last year to Southern California’s soured economy, Tiffany Kipp and her family packed up three boxes and a diaper bag and caught a Greyhound bus to Wyoming, their best chance at a fresh start. They were drawn to Wyoming, where Ms. Kipp has family, by the promise of plentiful jobs and a booming energy sector, and a thin hope of rebuilding their futures on the High Plains. But like a growing number of people here, they ended up on the underside of the boom…”
Number of homeless children in Wichita grows, By Roy Wenzl, January 12, 2013, Wichita Eagle: “Gavin Shelton does not know he is homeless; his father has kept that from him. He is 8 years old with dark hair, a big smile, ambition. When asked for his life plan, he grinned. ‘WWE wrestler,’ he said. ‘Or NASCAR.’ He went to sleep this past week in a clean, neat room at the Salvation Army shelter downtown, unaware that he and his father came close to living on the street. It was sheer luck that the Salvation Army had a room open when his father called Dec. 27. Gavin has no idea that he has helped Wichita schools set what district officials call a disturbing record. Last year, social workers and teachers found a record 1,733 homeless children in Wichita schools. By Friday, the total for this year reached a new high – 1,829, including 14 identified on Thursday alone…”