Homeless kids often fell through the cracks during the tumult of the pandemic, when many schools struggled to keep track of families with unstable housing.
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      God forbid someone aggregates links to a link aggregation platform.

      Oh, whatever shall we do?

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      1 in 30 American children were homeless as of 2013.

      The report was released in November 2014 by the National Center on Family Homelessness at American Institutes for Research. Between 2012 and 2013, the rate of homelessness among children rose by 8% nationally. “That means that 1 in 30 American children—2.5 million—were homeless in 2013,” Dr. Bassuk, founder and former president of The National Center on Family Homelessness, said. “These are historically high rates.

      Child Homelessness: A Growing Crisis - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration April 6, 2022

      Those were 2013 numbers. Pandemic numbers eclipsed those.

      The United States:

      “First world” nation or “shit hole” country?

      We have everything we need to be the former.

      Our (GOP) politicians religiously ensure that we remain the latter.