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Family homelessness has emerged as a serious global problem and over the last twenty-five years the make-up of the homeless population has changed significantly in the United States (Swick Pp). The majority of the homeless were men in the early 1980's, however, today, families make up thirty percent of the homeless population, and some scholars suggest that families may constitute up to forty to fifty percent of the homeless (Swick Pp).
The United States federal government defines homeless individuals as those lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, or those who have a primary nighttime residence that is:
*a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations
(including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill);
*an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or *a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (Swick Pp).
Regarding children and youth, the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act, Section 725, as cited in 1999 National Coalition for the Homeless states homeless children and youths are those individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes those children and youths who are
*sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or...
For example, among chronically poor families, it is common to double or triple-up with each other in order to survive financially (Swick Pp). Women and children now represent up to one-half of the homeless population in most cities and when families with older children and adolescents are included in the count, over fifty percent of the homeless population is families (Swick Pp).
Homelessness continues to exist as a consequence of numerous complex influences such as poverty, limited access to affordable housing, unemployment,…
Bibliography
Swick, Kevin J. "The dynamics of families who are homeless: implications for early childhood educators." Childhood Education. 3/22/2004; Pp.
This article focuses on articulating the various dynamics of families who are homeless and what strategies can be employed to effectively support homeless families with young children.
Washington, Thomas Alex. "The homeless need more than just a pillow, they need a pillar: an evaluation of a transitional housing program."
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services. 3/1/2002; Pp.
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