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Youth Mental Health Matters

WEBMore than 45% of youth experiencing homelessness struggle with depression, a rate 18 percentage points higher than their housed peers. Additionally, four out of five children who are experiencing homelessness have been exposed to at least one serious violent event by age 12, inevitably taking a tremendous toll on their mental …

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The Effects of Homelessness on Mental Health

WEBDue to the trauma of homelessness, coupled with the lack of accessible mental health resources, people experiencing homelessness are at increased risk of experiencing mental health issues, thereby putting them at increased risk for suicide. To begin with, people who make up the homeless population in the world are more at risk of …

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The Interconnected Nature of Homelessness, Physical Health, …

WEBChildren who face homelessness often find themselves forced to work through numerous challenges in their lives. These challenges are readily apparent in many facets of their daily lives, particularly when thinking about the ways in which their living situation directly and indirectly impacts their ability to perform at school.

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Nutritional Deficits in People Experiencing Homelessness

WEBPeople experiencing homelessness inadvertently prioritize feeling full over feeling healthful, which leads to them being malnourished. Another way that people experiencing homelessness have different priorities is that when they buy food, they focus on getting food that is easy to tote around and eat since they frequently move from place …

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Do No Harm: Homelessness and the Resultant Barriers to …

WEBThe state of the healthcare system in the United States has long been the subject of intense debate - and oftentimes heavy criticism - for the perceived shortcomings of various aspects of healthcare that fail to adequately support patients.

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The Connection Between Foster Care and Homelessness (and what …

WEBWe empower lives through education. With an annual increase in homelessness throughout the United States, one statistic must be discussed more: of the U.S.’s homeless population, 50% have spent time in foster care, according to the National Foster Youth Institute.

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Homeless Children With Special Education Should Be Prioritized: …

WEBWe empower lives through education. When defining what considers a child homeless, it comes from the “means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence that includes the following: sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing and economic hardship.

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LGBTQ+ Experiencing Homelessness Youth Need Our Support and …

WEBAccording to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, 76,998 people experienced homelessness in Chicago throughout 2018. Of those, the number of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness (ages 14-24) in …

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Leveraging Social Support for a Homelessness Crisis

WEBReading the articles, “ Social Factors and Ending Homelessness Around the World,” by Atlanta Mission, and “Dismantling the Harmful, False Narrative that Homelessness Is a Choice” by Urban Wire inspired me to share awareness of what can be done as a society at large, to effectively resolve the homelessness crisis. Both articles …

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Foster care and homelessness

WEBAccording to the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (respondents ages 18–26) approximately 23% of young people who age out of foster care will experience homelessness by the age of 21. Homelessness also costs taxpayers millions annually. Due to the many needs and services the government provides for alleviating

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Affordability Crisis: The Link Between Gentrification and …

WEBThe price of units increases and are no longer affordable to long-term residents, pushing them out of their neighborhoods and, often enough, into homelessness and rampant poverty. Gentrification further perpetuates the worsening racial and economic segregation present in Chicago’s communities. Terms such as North Side, West Side, …

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The Need for Transportation: How Our Streets Facilitate …

WEBBy car, train, bike, bus, or simply on foot, the ways in which we choose to travel grants us the freedom to go where we want or need. Unfortunately, mode of transportation is not a choice for many.

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Chicago HOPES for Kids

WEBCHICAGO, Illinois - Chicago HOPES for Kids is pleased to announce it has received a grant from SC Johnson to support our virtual academic support program for children experiencing homelessness in Chicago during COVID-19. The $12,500 grant will support our ongoing efforts to distribute technology and ensure WiFi access for families …

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E-Learning While Homeless: The Story of Students Navigating Two …

WEBIn Illinois alone, 53,696 students experienced homelessness during the 2018/19 school year, and in Chicago, that number was around 16,451. This school year, due to adverse circumstances created by the pandemic, the number of students experiencing homelessness has likely increased. Even before the pandemic and the …

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The Effects of Restorative Justice Practices on Black and Brown

WEBAcross multiple sources, the philosophy of Restorative Justice (RJ) has a common theme of humanizing students, rather than punishing them if they do something deemed as wrong.

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Parent Resources

WEBCALL 1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224 or CHAT at thehotline.org. Contact the American Foundation For Suicide Prevention Crisis Line. CALL 800-273-8255 or TEXT the word TALK to 741741. Domestic Abuse Survivors Can Get Free Hotel Rooms To Escape Unsafe Homes During Pandemic.

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Climate Catastrophe, Resettlement, and Homelessness

WEBA record-shattering heat wave in the Pacific Northwest brought Portland to 116 °F and killed at least one billion sea creatures on the coast. The United Nations’ most recent published study on the effects of climate change puts it in stark terms: “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.”.

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Immigrants, Homelessness, and Education:An Invisible and Under

WEBIn the past year, more than 8,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago seeking asylum and permanent residence (Bosman, 2023). Due to the city’s limited investment in resources and services for migrants, many are now staying in temporary shelters, police stations, and respite centers. At HOPES, we have also seen an increasing number of …

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The Important Link Between Animal Abuse, Domestic Violence

WEBBy: Sarah Kelley, AmeriCorps Program Coordinator For many of us, pets are like family. During the pandemic, we turned to our pets as a way to cope with loneliness, boredom, mental health challenges, and stress.

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