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Download full textGrineski, Steve – Critical Questions in Education, 2014
It is widely reported that children who are homeless are victimized by overwhelming challenges like poverty and ill-advised policy decisions, such as underfunding the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. This act is the only federal legislation devoted to this marginalized group. Children who are homeless, however, should not be characterized…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Children, Poverty, Interviews
Direct linkMedeiros, Debra; Vaulton, Wendy – Zero to Three (J), 2010
The Strengthening At Risk and Homeless Young Mothers and Children Initiative, funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, aims to improve the housing, health, and development of homeless and at-risk young families. This article describes the services provided in four program sites (Pomona, CA; Antelope Valley, CA; Minneapolis, MN; and Chicago, IL)…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Homeless People, Mothers, At Risk Persons
Chase, Richard; Spaeth, Erin; Aviles, Steven; Carlson, Elizabeth; Giovanelli, Alison – Wilder Research, 2018
The physical, social, and economic health and well-being of adults and society are strongly influenced by experiences in early childhood. The most cost-efficient time to build foundational skills, to assure the healthy development of all young children, to break the cycle of disadvantage for vulnerable children, and to prevent achievement and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Well Being, Young Children
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, MN. – 1995
This report and its companion, volume II, provide a snapshot of people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota. The information is intended as a resource for planners, policymakers, service providers, and others addressing the problems associated with homelessness. Findings are based on interviews with 638 men and 685 women in shelters,…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Employment Patterns, Homeless People
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, MN. – 1995
This report and its companion, volume I, provide a snapshot of people experiencing homelessness in Minnesota. The information in this volume, which focuses on unaccompanied youth, is intended as a resource for planners, policymakers, service providers, and others addressing the problems associated with homelessness. On October 27, 1994, trained…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Homeless People
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2003
These hearings transcripts compile testimony regarding how programs authorized by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act and the Missing Children's Assistance Act currently operate, in preparation for upcoming reauthorization. Opening statements by U.S. Representatives Peter Hoekstra (Michigan) and Ruben Hinojosa (Texas) underscore the obligation to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Child Welfare, Children
Kids Count Minnesota, Minneapolis. – 2001
This Kids Count data book examines trends in the well-being of Minnesota's African-American, American Indian, Asian, and Latino children. The statistical portrait is based on 22 indicators of child well-being: (1) attitudes about race; (2) housing patterns; (3) future plans; (4) social involvement; (5) park usage; (6) negative treatment; (7) bias…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Asian Americans, Birth Weight
