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Autor/inn/en | Yamashiro, Amy; McLaughlin, John |
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Institution | Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development (ED), Policy and Program Studies Service |
Titel | Early Childhood Homelessness: State Profiles 2019 |
Quelle | (2019), (82 Seiten)
PDF als Volltext |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Quantitative Daten; Homeless People; Young Children; Enrollment; Early Childhood Education; Federal Legislation; Housing; Low Income Groups; Poverty; Federal Programs; Profiles; Incidence |
Abstract | Homelessness is a reality for many families with young children in the United States. In 2017, about a third of all people who stayed in a shelter were families with children, and nearly half of children served by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-funded emergency and transitional housing providers were age five or younger (HUD, 2018). Furthermore, children under the age of one comprise less than six percent of the overall child population in the United States yet ten percent of the child population served by HUD-funded shelters (U.S. Census Bureau, 2018; HUD, 2018). Moreover, in 2016-2017, more than 1.3 million young children age birth through five were reported as served by the early childhood and homeless education programs administered by the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS). This 2019 report updates ED's annual "Early Childhood Homelessness State Profiles" and provides a snapshot of early childhood data available for children who are experiencing homelessness in each state, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. It includes publicly available data for 2015-2016 from the U.S. Census Bureau (Census), ED, HUD, HHS, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation and reports the following by state: (1) Total population under age six in 2017; (2) Estimated number of children under age six experiencing homelessness in 2016-2017; (3) Estimated extent of homelessness (e.g., one-in-[X] children under age six experienced homelessness in 2016-2017); and (4) Estimated enrollment of children under age six in federally-funded early childhood programs (i.e., Head Start and school districts receiving "McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act" ("McKinney-Vento Act) subgrants") in 2016-2017. As in previous profiles, the 2019 report includes two indicators referred to as related factors. These factors are the percentage of families experiencing a "high housing cost burden" (defined as spending 30 percent or more of monthly income on housing expenses), and the percentage of low-income working families with young children under age six (defined as having at least one parent working 50 weeks or more in the prior year and the family income below 200 percent of the federal poverty line). These factors were included because of their relationship to homelessness and, in particular, to spark dialogue about addressing homelessness for children under age six. While these data on related factors are not available for U.S. territories, this report does provide information about the number of children experiencing homelessness served by Head Start/Early Head Start in these areas. [For the 2018 report, see ED594740.] (ERIC). |
Anmerkungen | Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education. Available from: ED Pubs. Education Publications Center, US Department of Education, NTIS, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, VA 22304. Tel: 877-433-7827; Fax: 703-605-6794; e-mail |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2020/1/01 |