NYC Youth in Shelters Face School Attendance Challenges
05.24.2022 | Public News Service | Jennifer Pringle, project director at Advocates for Children of New York, said it is disrupting the lifeline education can be for young people.
“If you want to break the cycle of homelessness, we have to make sure that our young people right now who are experiencing homelessness get an education,” Pringle contended. “Because students who don’t have a high school diploma are four-and-a-half times more likely to experience homelessness as an adult.” Lire l'article