The Seattle Times – Caitlin Moran
“More than 30,000 students in Washington’s public schools — or about one per classroom — do not have a reliable place to sleep at night, and are therefore classified as homeless. These students experience a range of problems from psychological stress to hunger and lack of health care. They are also more likely to change schools frequently, which hurts their academic performance and can lead to behavior problems. The obvious solution is to help their families find stable housing, and a new study from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development concludes that the best way to do that is to provide families with permanent housing subsidies. In the study, produced in partnership with Vanderbilt University, researchers tracked about 2,200 homeless families for a minimum of three years.”(more)