Over A Million-And-A-Half Homeless Children in America

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The United States Department of Health and Human Services states that as many as 1.6 million children are considered homeless at some point during the year.

This means that they are living in abandoned buildings, motels, shelters, their cars, or they are on the streets.

There are lots of reasons why children become homeless.

Two central reasons are lack of affordable housing and poverty, but domestic violence and decrease in government support are also critical factors according to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network.

With unemployment increasing, the number of people that will lose their homes is also going to increase.

Homeless children face mental and physical health problems among the other problems.

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