Highlighting School Age Children without Housing
by Kate M. Kelly on July 10, 2012
National Center on Homeless Education Releases Report
5,665 homeless students in NJ
More than one million children living in doubled up situations, shelters or motels, or without any shelter over the course of the 2011 school year.
This finding by homeless education liaisons is included in a new report issued by the National Center for Homeless Education.
In NJ 5.665 homeless students were counted. This is a drop of 28% since 2009 when 7,890 were counted.
Other key findings included that:
- Most (72%) of the identified students resided in doubled up housing situations;
- Nearly one-fifth (18%) resided in shelter programs;
- Over 50,000 children were identified as living without any shelter at all; and
- 55,000 of the children identified were unaccompanied by parents or guardians.
Click here to read the full report.
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Kate Kelly joined Monarch Housing Associates in March of 2011. Prior to that, she worked for seven years at the Partnership for Strong Communities in Hartford, Connecticut as the Reaching Home Campaign Manager. Managing the statewide effort to end long-term homelessness, Kate effectively implemented statewide advocacy campaigns to fund over 700 new supportive housing units for individuals and families. She has experience directing fundraising events and presenting federal and state conferences. At the Partnership, she educated state and federal legislators and staff about supportive housing homelessness issues and advocated for new funding sources. She has also developed public forums that led to formal policy recommendations and educated local constituencies such as policymakers, legislators and funders. Ms. Kelly received her B.A. in government from the University of Notre Dame and an M.S.W from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work. Click here to send Ms. Kelly an email.
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