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The article reports on the growing number of students without permanent housing in New York City. According to data released by Advocates for Children of New York in November 2024, about one in eight public school students in the city did not have permanent housing during the past school year, indicating a 23% increase from the previous year. The group also found that almost all of the children affected were living in shelters or staying temporarily with friends or family.

The article discusses the life of an 12-year-old homeless girl living in New York City as of December 12, 2013. Topics addressed include the girl's involvement in the Bartendaz urban fitness initiative in Harlem, New York City; her family life and relationship with her mother; and the living conditions at the homeless shelter in which she lives.

The article discusses the life of a 11-year-old homeless girl living in Brooklyn, New York City as of December 10, 2013, highlighting social and economic inequality in Brooklyn despite its development during the 21st century. Topics addressed include the gentrification of Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood, the childhoods and personal backgrounds of the girl's parents, and the girl's attitudes towards her life at a homeless shelter and her parents' struggles with drug addiction.

The article discusses the life of an 11-year-old homeless girl living in New York City as of December 9, 2013, focusing on the importance of the Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts in her life. Topics addressed include the views of a teacher at the school towards the girl's possible success, complaints regarding the quality of life at the Auburn Family Residence homeless shelter, and conditions for the homeless during the tenure of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

The article discusses the life of a homeless 11-year-old girl living in Brooklyn, New York City as of December 8, 2013. Topics addressed include rising inequality in New York City and an increasing number of homeless people despite urban development in the city; the child's attitudes towards her school life, family life, and living conditions in a homeless shelter; and her parents' struggles with unemployment and drug addiction.

Reports on the measures announced by New York child welfare officials meant to protect children in homeless shelters when their families have a history of abuse or neglect. Provisions of the measures.

The article discusses the life of an 11-year-old homeless girl living in Brooklyn, New York City as of December 11, 2013, highlighting the importance of her sibling in her life. Topics addressed include the girl's life at a homeless shelter, her experience of getting suspended from school for fighting another student, and difficulties in her relationship with her mother.

The article reports on data released by Advocates for Children of New York which revealed that the number of children in homeless shelters or temporary shelters in New York City has significantly increased as of October 2018.

The article reports that homeless children and their parents have been sent to hotels in Staten Island, Queens in New York City and others. It mentions that the city has used hotels to offer them emergency shelter. It also mentions that according to organizations that assist homeless families some parents has to keep their children out of school. It further mentions the views of Gilbert Taylor, the city's commissioner of homeless services, on the plans for school-age children.

The article focuses on homelessness in New York City. Topics include the increase in people entering New York City shelters overseen by the Department of Homeless Services, including children, the stance of New York City mayor Bill de Blasio on the growing issue, and the issue of families re-entering shelters within one year of leaving.

The article discusses the report released by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness in August 20917, which details the challenges face by public school children and the increase of homeless children in New York.

The article discusses the expansion of Troop 6000, a Girl Scouts troop in New York city for the homeless girls and highlights the views of the some of the children from the shelter on topics including earning badges, being a sister to the other girls, and the origins of the troop.

The article reports on the move of Steven Banks, commissioner of the New York City Human Resource Administration to offer legal assistance and short-term financial support for the homeless families.

The article focuses on the commitment of Colbert Nembhard, librarian and manager of Morrisania Branch Library, to teach and read books for homeless children in Crotona Inn homeless shelter in Bronx, New York.

The article focuses on children in the African countries of Angola, Congo, and the Congo Republic who are accused of witchcraft, then cast out of their communities and abandoned by their families. It is estimated thousands of such children live in the streets of Kinshasa, Congo's capital. The Bantu people have long believed in child witches, but child advocates say the practice is a result of the many orphaned children created by decades of warfare in the region.

The authors discusses the things needed to do to save the cows and the starving children in India.

The article reports on the investigation over the death of a 4-year-old girl who died while with her mother at a homeless shelter in Queens, New York City on October 23, 2014.

The article reports on the members of New York City Council who called the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio at a hearing on February 27, 2014 to complete a proposal for rental assistance to the city's homeless and demanded improved services for more than 22,000 homeless children.

The article reports on the move of New York City government which removes more than 400 children from city-owned homeless shelters including Auburn Family Residence in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Catherine Street shelter in Lower Manhattan for repeated deplorable conditions over the last decade.

Stomping and twisting, homeless mothers and children and young professionals were all part of the mix at the Dwyer Cultural Center in Harlem one recent Saturday, as they tried to master the intricacies of swing dancing. But scenes like this have been few and far between lately. The Dwyer, which since opening three years ago has attracted 75,000 visitors to visual art exhibitions, readings, writers' workshops, children's educational programs and music and theater performances -- all free or low-cost -- has run into major financial problems. The culprits include a punishing economic climate that has hurt other Harlem cultural institutions, and missteps by the Dwyer's operator, the International Communications Association. The cultural center, at the base of a nine-story condominium building that was once an abandoned warehouse, plans to continue limited public programming through the end of the year, as the association restructures and seeks to reclaim its nonprofit tax status. Beyond that, however, the center's future is very much in doubt. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Lamar West has lost parents twice in his life. The first time was when he was 4; the second was a month before his 18th birthday. The circumstances differed, but the outcomes did not. When Mr. West, 20, tries to remember his biological parents, his eyes close and his face goes still. He remembers his mother's name, Rochelle Griffin. Then he recalls a place -- a hallway, an office -- and fragments of conversation. ''Records. Drug abuse. Termination.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

James Warren writes a column for The Chicago News Cooperative. Last week, a mother asked her daughter, a senior at Niles West High School, what she wanted for her 18th birthday. The daughter said she only wanted her mom to be there. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

During the first week of classes in September, the College of Staten Island was a locus of anticipation. Students were hustling through the courtyard, striking up new friendships and chatting nervously about the coming workload. Hermon Joseph sat in a shaded area near the library, soaking it all up with a wide grin. ''I'm meeting so many friends, I can't believe it,'' he said. ''I haven't had any down time.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New York City has reached an agreement on a proposed settlement of a lawsuit that claims the city allows older children to leave foster care only to become immediately homeless. Each year, roughly 800 to 1,100 people age 18 to 21 are discharged from foster care to fend for themselves, the plaintiffs complained in the class-action suit. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

We see 8-year-olds telling Mom not to worry, don't cry. BILL MURDOCK, chief executive of a charity in Asheville, N.C., on the insecurity and turmoil faced by homeless schoolchildren. [23] [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Only seven months ago, Allah Nazar, a 10-year-old paralyzed by polio, had a two-bedroom mud home and weekly appointments at a hospital in Pakistan, where he lived with his family of 13. Now Nazar is homeless, living in the eastern Afghan desert 15 miles from Jalalabad, the provincial capital, sitting aimlessly in a wooden wheelbarrow, wondering if the imminent winter will be his last. Even his makeshift wheelchair is too wobbly for a simple joy ride along the rocky terrain. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

I didn't think I could do it alone. I fell apart. I couldn't take care of them. GARY STATON, who abandoned nine of his 10 children, ages 1 to 17, after his wife died. [A21] [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The abandonments began on Sept. 1, when a mother left her 14-year-old son in a police station here. By Sept. 23, two more boys and one girl, ages 11 to 14, had been abandoned in hospitals in Omaha and Lincoln. Then a 15-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl were left. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Daniella, the 6-month-old, pink-clad baby abandoned by her parents and dropped off at a firehouse in Queens last week, took a circuitous and unusual route to safety with the help of her father's sister's companion, a livery cab driver. At first, he was seen as a hero, then a liar when it was learned he had invented a story about a stranger leaving the baby in his cab. The story, and the way it crumbled, captured the city's imagination, and some 40 people have offered to adopt Daniella. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers information on the findings of a study conducted on children dying in New York City's homeless shelters, by New York City public advocate Betsy Gotbaum. The study revealed that the number of homeless children dying in the city's homeless shelters is on a constant rise and around 20 children have died during 2004-2006.

Reports on the growing crises of abandoned Indian children in Washington.

Presents an appeal to the public for help in identifying a three-year-old girl who was abandoned by her father with a woman in Baltimore, Maryland.

Editorial. Comments on a study which found that more than half of children entering the New York City homeless shelter system were asthmatic.

Presents a letter to the editor about the health problems of homeless children in the U.S.

Reports on a health study of homeless children that shows that about half of those entering New York City shelter systems have asthma. Health risk to homeless children; Challenge to those who provide services; Rise in asthma cases nationally; Causes of asthma; High rate of asthma cases among poor children; Surprise of those who conducted the study; Additional findings that 90 percent of homeless children with asthma were not taking medication needed to control it; Details of the study.

Reports that a class action lawsuit alleges that the education of homeless children in Suffolk County, New York is being disrupted because welfare programs move them and schools resist enrolling and busing them. Denial of homeless children's constitutional right to an education; Charges that school and welfare officials are violating state and federal laws; Pursuit of compliance and not monetary damages.

Reports on the growing number of homeless children who are cared for by public school programs across the country. Thousands who count on school programs to feed their children; The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act which has school officials arranging for immunizations, transportation from shelters to school and more; Regional reasons for the rise in homelessness; Statistics which are inaccurate representations of the actual number of homeless; Provisions of the law.

Reports on the findings of a study by the Citizen's Committee for Children, which highlighted the increase in homeless children in New York City.

Describes the conduct of life of homeless children who stay in temporary shelters in New York City.

Reports that New York City officials closed to children a homeless shelter located in an unused jail after lead-based paint was located in the building. Where families scheduled to sleep there slept; Possible litigation involving the decision of the New York Department of Homeless Services to allow families to stay there; Detection of the lead.

Reports on the increase of homeless children population in New York City shelters in 2001, according to figures released by the Coalition of the Homeless.

Looks at the problems facing families in New York City's homeless shelters. Example of the family of Arlene Cruz who takes care of her grandchildren; Lack of space in shelters; Difficulties Cruz's grandchildren have in accepting the poor conditions; Role of the city's Emergency Assistance Unit.

Reports that 38 percent of homeless children in New York City shelters have asthma. Low percentage of children that receive medication; Growing prevalence of asthma worldwide; How poverty aggravates the condition.

Presents information on the homeless in the United States. Details on tougher Federal laws to make education available to homeless young children; How 180,000 homeless children have been unable to enroll in public preschool programs as of September 4, 1997.

Discusses the circumstances of an incident on August 17th, 1997, in which Lonnie Brewington, an 18-year-old boy at a shelter in Harlem, New York set off a single bullet from a gun he was playing with. Description of injuries sustained by two children; Medical condition of 5-year-old Lonnie Brewington who was shot in the head; Details on the shooting; What the the incident occurred.

States that 10 children where found in an abandoned, crumbling row house in Atlantic City, New Jersey. How the children survived without running water and electricity; Drug paraphenelia in the house.

Gives details of nostalgic reminiscences by the author of a homeless child Malik in the city of New York. Note on his childhood, growth, and untimely death.

Opinion. Describes author's encounter with a group of homeless boys.

Describes the results of a study on the nutrition of homeless children in the New York City shelter system. Method and results of the study conducted by the New York Children's Health Project.

Presents statistics on homeless children shipped from New York City to farm families in the Midwest. Information on the Children's Aid Society; Solution to foster care.