NYC parents
fromPsychology Today
6 days agoFoster Care: Angels on a Battlefield
2.5 million children in the U.S. are homeless, highlighting a critical need for foster care and support.
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US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoShe's 14 and she's moved 26 times. The US housing crisis has families like hers running in place'
A single mother and her children experience chronic housing instability, moving through dozens of temporary homes due to economic hardship and insufficient support.
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
3 months agoLondon faces record number of homeless children this Christmas as numbers in temporary accommodation surge
Record numbers of London children will spend Christmas in temporary accommodation due to soaring living costs, housing shortages, and insecure private rentals.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months agoWhen I met Craig he was 13 and homeless. I still thought his life might turn around. I was tragically wrong
No one was looking for him or the other dozen children who congregated on the market square. Most of them had absconded from care, some were dodging school. A few, like Craig's mate Mikey, just didn't bother going home. The youngest runaway, Mark, claimed he'd been missing from foster care for months and had spent his 12th birthday on the run.
UK news
Public health
fromIrish Independent
7 months agoRecord number of children are homeless, as Barnardos report highlights devastating impact of accommodation failings
Sub-standard emergency and overcrowded housing is harming children's childcare, nutrition, education, health, and long-term well-being, with many families living in dirty, damp, unsafe conditions.
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