Nationally:
Every day, homeless children are confronted with stressful, often traumatic events.
74% worry they will have no place to live
58% worry they will have no place to sleep
87% worry that something bad will happen to their family
(Homeless Children: America’s New Outcasts; www.familyhomelessnes.org)
Locally:
Did you know …
As of June 1, 2006 Wicomico County identified 797 students as homeless.
As of June 1, 2007, Wicomico County identified 1080 students as homeless.
As of June 1, 2008, Wicomico County identified 1345 students as homeless.
As of October 15, 2008, Wicomico County identified 1350 students as homeless.
**With the foreclosure crisis, we expect our numbers to continue to rise**
By Law:
“Homeless children and youth” are “individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.” (- McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act)
This applies to all of our students who are living:
· In a place that is not fixed, regular or adequate
· In motels, hotels, campgrounds
· In emergency shelters or in transitional housing
· Abandoned in Hospital
· Awaiting Foster Placement
· Public places not designed for people to sleep
· With friends or relatives due to the loss of housing, economic hardship or similar reason
Read more about it in “Determining Eligibility for Rights and Services under the McKinney-Vento Act”
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