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Understanding the Issue of Family Homelessness

Why Eviction Matters

Learn about the face and cost of evictions in our country through this short introduction to the issue by Sociologist Matthew Desmond. . .

See Homelessness through the Eyes of a Child

Check out this video from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, called  "Parents and Kids Talk about Homelessness". 

Video

39% of Children live in Poverty in our Country

This video looks at the impact persistent poverty has on generational poverty. . . 

The Impact of Homelessness on Children

Stat are misleading.  Explore  why kids experiencing homelessness aren't being counted and how that is putting them at greater risk. . . 

Explore the impact of trauma over a lifetime in this powerful talk by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris called, "How Childhood Trauma Affects Health throughout a Lifetime".  

What would it take to end homelessness?

Check out this 2020 article from the New York Times. . . 

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Read about us in the Buffalo News!

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Homelessness Awareness and Advocacy Resources

National Coalition to End Homelessness (NCEH)

 https://endhomelessness.org/  

National Child Traumatic Stress Network

 https://www.nctsn.org/ 

Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness

https://www.icphusa.org/

The Bassuk Center

 https://bassukcenter.org/ 

Harvard University Center on the Developing Child

https://developingchild.harvard.edu/ 

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