backpack and supply giveaways<\/a> throughout the city.\u00a0<\/p>\nAccording to the new report, nearly 65,000 homeless children spent time living in city shelters last year. More than 82,000 were \u201cdoubled up,\u201d or temporarily shared housing with others. The overall rate increased from the previous school year and was highest in Bronx schools, followed by those in Manhattan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the community school district level, more than one in five students was identified as homeless at schools in East Harlem (District 4), Highbridge and Grand Concourse (District 9), Brownsville (District 23), and Bushwick (District 32) during the 2024\u201325 school year.<\/p>\n
Researchers who did the study said that when students are homeless or live in shelters, they face \u201ctremendous obstacles\u201d to their academic success.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
Studies have shown that absenteeism increases, grades go down and the likelihood of high-school graduation rates decrease.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on data for the 2023-2024 school year and educational outcome, one in eight students in shelter dropped out of high school,\u201d Jennifer Pringle, who directs AFC\u2019s work with students in temporary housing, said. \u201cThis is three times the drop-out rate of their permanently housed peers.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that their four-year graduation rate was 62% compared to 85% for permanently housed students. Homeless children face persistent challenges in trying to overcome educational barriers.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor example, 40% of families in shelter are placed in a different borough from where the children go to school,\u201d Pringle explained. \u201cNot a different neighborhood, not a different community school district \u2014 a different borough.\u201d<\/p>\n
Addressing the issue<\/p>\n
Following the comprehensive report, advocates called on the city government to do more to help families struggling with homelessness. Christine Quinn, president and CEO of Win, which provides housing and services for homeless families, called the rising number of homeless students a \u201cmoral failure and a stark indictment\u201d on the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know that homeless students face an uphill climb, from battling chronic absenteeism to struggling to meet the benchmarks their housed peers routinely meet,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A new mayoral administration could bring more opportunities to address the issue, advocates said. Maria Odom, executive director of AFC, even said the city is \u201ccurrently failing students\u201d who live in shelters.<\/p>\n
\u201cEnsuring students who are homeless receive the support they need to be successful in school must be a top priority for the next mayor, who must lead a citywide, cross-agency effort to break down bureaucratic silos, reverse these alarming trends, and ensure students experiencing homelessness can get to school every day and receive the educational support they need to succeed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Quinn called for strong action from City Hall.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAs our city prepares to welcome a new mayor, we have a ripe opportunity to bring new attention to this crisis and to finally end the family homelessness epidemic,\u201d she said. \u201cI urge our leaders in City Hall to embrace bold, new solutions to get more families into permanent homes and to end this crisis once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n
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