New release! Improving Federal Collaboration for Homeless Children and Youth
NHSA’s National Collaboration for Youth has released a joint policy brief on “Improving Federal Collaboration for Homeless Children and Youth” with the Campaign to End Child Homelessness, National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, and National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty.
Over 1.5 million children and youth in America experience homelessness annually– one in 50 children each year. Progress to combat child and youth homelessness in the U.S. can be made if federal agencies align their efforts, coordinating both programs and funding streams.
Read the recommendations on how the federal government can enhance policy and program coordination to improve outcomes for homeless children and youth.
11/21/2011
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New release! Improving Federal Collaboration for Homeless Children and Youth
11/21/2011
NHSA’s National Collaboration for Youth has released a joint policy brief on “Improving Federal Collaboration for Homeless Children and Youth” with the Campaign to End Child Homelessness, National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, and National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty.
America’s Youngest Are Also the Hardest Hit by Poverty
11/21/2011
Children are poorer than all other age groups in America.
More Loving Homes for Kids – Child-Focused Recruitment Models Improve Adoption Rates
11/21/2011
In 2010 fewer than half of the 107,000 children in foster care were adopted.
One in Four Families Can’t Afford to Buy Food
8/22/2011
Rates of food hardship (rates of households answering “yes” over the course of a year to the question whether there were times “when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed”) indicate that one in four households suffers from this type of hardship and in some areas the rate is even higher.
Poverty and Poor Eating Habits Amount to Food Insecurity for over 9 Million Children
8/22/2011
9.6 million U.S. children (ages 0-6) live in “food insecure” households and one in four children under five are overweight, trends that studies link to poverty, lack of access to healthy foods, over-consumption of prepared foods, poor eating habits, too much “screen time” and inadequate-levels of exercise.
Summer Food Programs Means Kids Can Eat Free During the Summer, but They Aren’t
8/22/2011
Although twenty-one million children are eligible to eat free or reduced-price lunch at school from September to June, less than three million children participate in the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program.
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