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Download full textInstitute for Children and Poverty, New York, NY. – 2000
This report describes a survey of homeless families from shelters in Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. The typical family included a 32-year-old single woman with two young children who was more likely to be African American, had a high school education, and had a 50-50 chance of being employed. Most children attended preschool, most were…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Homeless People
Peer reviewedCavender, Anthony; And Others – Appalachian Journal, 1993
Interviews with homeless people in east Tennessee reveal how they came to be homeless and the problems encompassing homelessness. Most did not develop the sense of home that is formed early in life in stable families and that contributes to formation of self-concept. (LP)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Environment
