One in 30 children in the United States is homeless — and the problem is even more severe in California, where more than half a million kids are without homes, according to a new report from the National Center of Family Homelessness. We’ll discuss the report and the challenges faced by a growing population of homeless kids.
Child Homelessness Hits Record Levels
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Guests:
Trent Rhorer, director of the SF Human Services Agency
Martha Ryan, founder of the Homeless Prenatal Program, a family resource center
Carmela DeCandia, director of The National Center on Family Homelessness with the American Institutes for Research and co-author of the report "America's Youngest Outcasts: A Report Card on Child Homelessness"
Shahera Hyatt, director of the California Homeless Youth Project, a research and policy initiative of the California Research Bureau (CRB)
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