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Smith, Annetta C.; Smith, Denise I. – 2001
This report presents tabulations from Census 2000 data on people enumerated at emergency and transitional shelters. This includes shelters for people experiencing homelessness; shelters for children who are runaways, neglected, or without conventional housing; transitional shelters for people without conventional housing; and hotels and motels…
Descriptors: Children, Homeless People, Hotels, Housing Needs

Kurtz, P. David; And Others – Social Work, 1991
Compared homeless and nonhomeless youths who sought help at runaway shelters in eight states. Both groups reported range of personal, family, and school problems, but problems of homeless group were more chronic than those of nonhomeless group. Most homeless youths lacked stable, supportive family to which they could return. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Homeless People, Human Services

Pawlas, George E. – Educational Forum, 1996
Reviews the problems of homeless children in getting education and the solutions attempted in the Orange County (Florida) school district, which collaborates with social service agencies, has an advocate in each school, and involves preservice teachers in educating homeless children. (SK)
Descriptors: Children, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students

Gustafson, John P.; Cichy, Stacy M. – Educational Forum, 1996
This account by a student teacher of her alternative field experience teaching homeless children highlights racial issues, the dependence cycle, and classroom management. (SK)
Descriptors: Children, Field Experience Programs, Homeless People, Preservice Teacher Education
Betts, Brenda – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2006
This article focuses on the experiences and survival of displaced children in four large migrations in U.S. history. The chaos and despair caused by Hurricane Katrina are reminders that the displacement and survival of children are timely and relevant topics for the social studies curriculum. Hurricane Katrina was the worst natural disaster in…
Descriptors: United States History, Natural Disasters, Social Studies, Children
Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2013
Published annually since 1997, Newark Kids Count tracks key trends in child health and well-being in New Jersey's largest city with the latest statistics available. Newark Kids Count includes the latest statistics, along with five-year trend data, in the following areas: population and demographics, family economic security, affordable housing,…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Population Trends, Geographic Location, Children
Vetrov, Iu. P. – Russian Education and Society, 2006
One of the most urgent problems of Russian society today remains children's homelessness and neglect. This social phenomenon, which has come about due to a number of factors, is characterized by the following indicators: (1) More than 100,000 children have been left without parental care; and (2) The number of parents who have been stripped of…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Child Neglect, Foreign Countries, Children
Mo, Weimin; Shen, Wenju – Children's Literature in Education, 2006
The intensifying globalization has made street survival more brutal and miserable for homeless children, especially in Third World countries. "Sanmao, the Vagrant" is a wordless picture book which tells of the adventures of a boy named Sanmao in streets of Shanghai during WWII. The essay analyzes how the artist's ingenious visual…
Descriptors: Children, Homeless People, Global Approach, Developing Nations
Colorado Children's Campaign, 2014
"Kids Count in Colorado!" is an annual publication of the Colorado Children's Campaign, which provides the best available state- and county-level data to measure and track the education, health and general well-being of the state's children. "Kids Count in Colorado!" informs policy debates and community discussions, serving as…
Descriptors: Child Health, Well Being, Academic Achievement, Holistic Approach

Hickson, Joyce; Gaydon, Vanessa – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1989
Interviewed approximately 25 street children in Johannesburg, South Africa, and social services and educational personnel providing services to these children. Street children had experienced stress within their family, school, and society. Many came from structurally disadvantaged homes. Approximately 90 percent were identified as learning…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Family Problems, Foreign Countries

Hall, Judy A.; Maza, Penelope L. – Child and Youth Services, 1990
Data from a study of homeless families and children conducted in eight cities are presented with social worker observations and family vignettes. (PCB)
Descriptors: Children, Employment, Family Health, Family Life

Wright, James D. – Child and Youth Services, 1990
Discusses health problems of homeless children, youth, and women who were seen in the National Health Care for the Homeless Program during its first year. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Disease Incidence, Family Health

Strawser, Sherri; Markos, Patricia A.; Yamaguchi, Barbara J.; Higgins, Kyle – Professional School Counseling, 2000
Reviews the legislative provisions and mandates governing the education of children and youth who are homeless and the barriers to education presented by school requirements. Highlights the effects of homelessness on children and youth and the role the school counselor should play in the provision of services for them. (Contains 55 references.)…
Descriptors: Children, Counseling, Counselor Role, Educational Legislation

Arrington, Doris; Yorgin, Peter D. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2001
Reports on medical evaluation processes and art-based assessments used in identifying psychosocial health of children in orphanages in Kiev, Ukraine. Because American health professionals, including an art therapist/psychologist, had actually come to treat orphans, they were invited to state shelters never before open to foreigners. Includes…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Art Therapy, Children, Foreign Countries
Ahmadkhaniha, Hamid Reza; Shariat, Seyed Vahid; Torkaman-Nejad, Sharif; Moghadam, Mohammad Mehdi Hoseini – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of sexual abuse and depression among street children who live in a deprived district of Tehran. The researchers used the K-SADS questionnaire and a clinical interview were used to evaluate depression and sexual abuse in 87 street children in Tehran. Eighteen (20.9%) of the children had been…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Disadvantaged Youth, Depression (Psychology), Homeless People