This map represents the percentage of U.S. children who were homeless in 2008. It describes homeless children from birth to age 18 who are accompanied by one or more parents or caregivers. Numbers do not include unaccompanied children and youth (e.g., runaway, throwaway, or homeless youth). The Definition of homelessness used is the one contained in the subtitle of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Title X, Part C, of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and adopted by the U.S. Department of Education. The definition includes children and youth who are: a) Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason (sometimes referred to as doubled-up) b) Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative accommodations c) Living in emergency or transitional shelters d) Abandoned in hospitals e) Awaiting foster care placement f) Using a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings g) Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings h) Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above.
Please note that the number of homeless children in Louisiana may be unusually high due to the 2005 hurricanes.
Source: State Report on Child Homelessness, America’s Youngest Outcasts. The National Center on Family Homelessness
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