Well-Being of Young Children after Experiencing Homelessness

Click here to access the report "Well-Being of Young Children after Experiencing Homelessness." The report, a publication of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, found that "Twenty months after staying in an emergency shelter with their families, children scored worse in pre-reading skills and had higher rates of overall behavior problems and early development delays compared to national norms for children their age." Read more here. 

"Unstable housing arrangements remained common during the 20 months following a stay in emergency shelter, with 41 percent of families reporting that, during the past six months, they had been in a shelter or a place not suitable for human habitation, had doubled up in someone else’s housing unit, or had moved at least once."