12.21.2019 | CNN | In New York City alone, over 114,000 students were identified as homeless in the 2018-19 school year, according to New York State Education Department data posted by Advocates for Children of New York, a local nonprofit organization. That’s one in 10 students, and 85% of them are Black or Hispanic. The trend has grown over 70% in the last decade, the data shows.

When we think about this phenomenon, many of us picture single individuals begging for money at street corners, or sleeping outside, but that’s not the full picture. “The face of homelessness is children and families, and these children are in school everyday alongside children who are in permanent housing,” says Randi Levine from Advocates for Children of New York, a local nonprofit focused on the rights of homeless students. Read article