Homeless student population to crest 2,500 in Fairfax County for first time, By T. Rees Shapiro, October 20, 2012, Washington Post: “The number of homeless students in Fairfax County public schools is likely to surpass 2,500 by the end of this school year, according to school officials, what would be a new record for one of the most affluent communities in the nation. Experts say the increase in homelessness among students, from kindergarten to high school, is related to the lingering effects of the recession. This year’s total will be nearly 10 times the number of homeless students counted in county schools just 15 years ago…”
Tag: Homeless children
Census Homelessness Report
Report: Children lean on homeless services, By Cheryl Wetzstein, September 27, 2012, Washington Times: “A new snapshot of American homelessness finds that some 209,000 people visited soup kitchens, missions and emergency shelters in March 2010, the Census Bureau said Thursday. About half of these people were young or middle-aged men. Adult women represented about a quarter of the population, and 1 in 5 — about 42,000 — were children. New York and California had the highest number of people using homeless services, while the District was one of 10 cities with the largest number. The Census Bureau clarified that its special report, ‘The Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population: 2010,’ is not a tally of the U.S. homeless population…”
Student Homelessness in the US
Latest report: More than 1 million U.S. students are homeless, By Kate Santich, June 28, 2012, Orlando Sentinel: “In recent years, you’ve heard a lot about the growing number of homeless students in Central Florida’s public schools. But the problem isn’t limited to our region — or our state. Sadly, data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education show that, for the first time in history, the nation’s public schools reported more than 1 million homeless students. The number includes children enrolled in U.S. public preschools and kindergarten through 12th grade for the 2010-2011 school year. And the figure actually underestimates the number of homeless children by excluding infants, toddlers, preschool-aged children who aren’t enrolled in public programs and homeless children who are home-schooled…”