Let's Talk - Homeless Students

"2.5 million children in America - one in every 30 children - go to sleep without a home of their own each year,'" accounting to the The National Center on Family Homelessness.  They rank the 50 states on how they are addressing child homelessness from best (1) to worst (50) in their study, America's Youngest Outcasts
To read the full report and find out where your state ranks, please visit www.HomelessChildrenAmerica.org. 

Resources and Links

• National Center for Homeless Education
  http://center.serve.org/nche/states/state_resources.php

• Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness (ICPH) http://www.icphusa.org/

• National Alliance to End Homelessness
  http://www.endhomelessness.org/
  

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Homeless Youth
..."The Department of Justice estimates that every year, over 1.7 million teens experience homelessness in the United States. Homeless Youth: Resources 

November
National Runaway Prevention Month
www.youth.gov
&
Family & Youth Services Bureau

Homeless Students Transportation
National Association of State Directors
of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS)
http://nasdpts.org/Programs/Homeless.html

Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) must provide students experiencing homelessness with transportation to and from their school of origin upon request of parents, guardians, or the LEA Homeless Liaison.

• National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) http://www.naehcy.org/
  
  
• National Coalition for the Homeless
  http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
  
  
• The National Center on Family Homelessness
  http://www.familyhomelessness.org/
  
  

• National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth
  http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/
  
  
• Safety First - Family & Youth Services Bureau National Clearning house on Families and Youth
  http://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/features/focusing-outcomes-youth-safety
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• National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
  http://www.nlchp.org/
  
  
• The Prevention Coalition
  ​http://thepreventioncoalition.org

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Let's Talk - Social Issues
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