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Together we can reduce, combat, and prevent homelessness in the Capital Region and beyond.
Facts About Homelessness
Nationally, 1 in 45 children experience periods of homelessness every year.
The number of children who are homeless across the United States.
Right now.
While homeless, they experience high rates of acute and chronic health problems.
The constant barrage of stressful and traumatic experiences also has profound effects on their development and ability to learn—from poor nutrition that starves growing minds to high rates of school absenteeism.
• Children experiencing homelessness are sick four times more often than other children.
• They also have four times as many respiratory infections
• Twice as many ear infections
• Five times more gastrointestinal problems
• And are four times more likely to have asthma
Children experiencing homelessness also go hungry at twice the rate of other children. They have high rates of obesity due to nutritional deficiencies, and they have three times the rate of emotional and behavioral problems as non-homeless children.
The rate at which homeless children experience illness vs. other children.
Illness affects school attendance.
Experiences of Violence
Violence plays a major role in the lives of homeless children.
By age 12, 83% of homeless children have been exposed to at least one serious violent event.
That’s more than 3 out of every 4 homeless children, experiencing a serious violent event before the seventh grade. Additionally, almost 25% of homeless children have witnessed acts of violence within their families.
The percentage of homeless children who have experienced violence by age 12.
Developmental Milestones and Academic Performance
Due to the overwhelming number of nutritional, health-related, and life-altering unstable events, children experiencing homelessness are four times more likely to show delayed development and twice as likely to have learning disabilities as non-homeless children.
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