NYC homeless schoolkids number Growing

[Common]

This is what infuriates me about Liberals and their love of Illegal immigration. NYC is a sanctuary city which costs them a FORTUNE and then they have a homeless problem with SCHOOL KIDS, you should get into the real numbers of all homeless in a city that is no sanctuary for AMERICAN HOMELESS
A staggering number of NYC public school kids are homeless

The number of homeless kids enrolled in city schools last year rose by 15 percent from 2013-2014, according to an analysis by the city’s Independent Budget Office.
The IBO found that there were roughly 33,000 kids who spent at least some time at a shelter enrolled in city public schools last year, up 4,000 from the prior year.
The Bronx had the most homeless enrollees, with 13,729, the report found.
Brooklyn was second, with 9,223, followed by Manhattan, with 4,909, Queens, with 3,971, and Staten Island, with 971.
The city’s homeless-student population has been climbing annually overall and in individual boroughs since 2011-2012, when Mayor Mike Bloomberg was still in office.
That year, there were a total of 24,531 shelter-bound kids in city schools. That figure has increased by nearly 10,000 kids since then.
The report also spotlighted the clustering of homeless children in a relatively small percentage of city public schools.
Of 1,475, campuses, just 155 — or 10.5 percent — hosted a homeless population of more than 10 percent of the total student body.
Despite that modest figure, the IBO found that the number of city schools with that concentration of homeless students is up from 61 in 2011-2012.
The IBO also said that Mayor de Blasio’s vision for the wholesale relocation of homeless families out of scattered, low-density spaces and into large new complexes would either hurt or help these concentrations.
“The Mayor’s recent initiative to move families out of hotels and cluster sites and into newly created shelters close to their prior communities may add to the concentration in some schools and reduce it at others,” the report stated.
In school year 2015-2016, The Bronx enrolled more than 40 percent of students in the shelter system. That represents a 44 percent increase in from 2011-2012.
The number of homeless kids in Brooklyn schools rose by 18 percent over that period. The increase over that span was 21 percent in Manhattan and 50 percent in Queens.
Staten Island, the borough with the lowest number of homeless kids last year, still saw their numbers more than double since 2011-2012.
http://nypost.com/2017/04/25/a-stagg...-are-homeless/

[patrickt]

A. I don't buy any of the numbers generated by the homeless industry in the U.S. In our town, the numbers made no sense and we learned that if a person stayed at a shelter for sixty days he counted as sixty homeless persons. The national census counted the homeless and then increased it to make up for the ones they knew had to be there but that they couldn't find.

B. NYC has hotels housing homeless families and millions of dollars are being spent. Don't expect anyone in NYC to ruin that game.

C. The shelters, food banks, day centers, and all the other support activities would be devastated without a growing number of homeless. Every industry looks to grow.

[Common]

Counting homeless school kids isnt hard. If youve been to NYC and saw for yourself you would believe homelessness is a problem.

American homelessness should be solved before we allow a single illegal immigrant or refugee here to suck our resources

[Abby08]

How much is this wall supposed to cost, 10 billion?

How much do we spend on illegals every year? If we didn't have to spend billions a year, feeding, housing, educating and, providing medical care for 11 million illegals, the wall would, be paid for by Mexico, we would no longer be supporting it's citizens.

Then, millions of dollars a year, could be spent HERE, on programs geared towards getting homeless people off the streets.

When you weigh the cost of the wall, against the cost to taxpayers to support 11 million illegals.....the walls a bargain at 10 billion.

[Abby08]

Post removed, it was in the wrong place.

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - Good on her...

Empowering children who live in homeless shelters
Friday 16th June, 2017 - When Jennifer Cox began teaching, among her students were children who lived in homeless shelters; Cox recognized their unique challenges, and created a program to address them; Empower4Life provides health education, fitness activities and nutritious food to children in shelters

Jennifer Cox began teaching at an under-performing school near Baltimore in 2005. Within the first two years, she noticed a common thread among many of her students who were struggling the most: They were living in homeless shelters. "A lot of these kids were disengaged," Cox said. "They don't feel they're deserving or worthy of being successful. It broke my heart." According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, more than 100,000 children in the country live in homeless shelters.

After spending time volunteering at a local family shelter, Cox observed that the services were focused on the adults. The children's needs were largely ignored. "Kids at the shelter didn't have enough space to really be kids," she said. "They were living in stressful environments, eating unhealthy food, and I felt they were missing a lot of the components crucial to healthy development."

So, in 2015, Cox founded Empower 410 Inc. Also known as Empower4Life, the nonprofit has provided health education, fitness activities, nutritious food and other necessities for more than 1,000 children living in Baltimore-area homeless shelters. "The best way to better their situation is to offer them opportunities to feel empowered," Cox said. "As we build their confidence, our hope is that they are able to see that they can pave their own path." CNN's Laura Klairmont spoke with Cox about her work. Below is an edited version of their conversation.

CNN: What are some of the obstacles facing children in homeless shelters?

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College Fires President for Giving Homeless Student Shelter?
April 10, 2017 - The president of a for-profit college in Kansas City, Missouri, was recently fired.

His misconduct? Allowing a homeless student, who’d been living in the woods near school, to sleep in the college library when temperatures dropped below zero. How should schools handle homeless students? “The cool thing is that the president said he would do it again,” notes ER Physician Dr. Travis Stork. “I applaud you!” Plastic Surgeon Dr. Andrew Ordon points out that the student’s life would have been in danger if he’d stayed outside – this act of charity might have been a literal lifesaver.

Legal Expert Areva Martin wonders if we’re hearing the whole story. “This stinks to me,” she says. “It seems like a case where maybe this university wanted to get rid of the president for some totally different reason.” She concludes, “I hope he gets a lawyer!” Dr. Stork believes, “When you put profits -- and this is true in health care, this is true in education – when you put profits ahead of the needs of your students, your patients, you shouldn’t be in that business.”

Areva notes that homelessness is a huge issue all over the country. The school missed a chance to get fantastic positive publicity by helping this student. Dr. Ordon believes that people need to be careful about which school they choose to attend and encourages viewers to do their homework on a school before you commit your tuition dollars!

http://www.newsforum.com/health/1313...tml#post197626

[decedent]

This is what infuriates me about Liberals and their love of Illegal immigration.

We don't love it. We accept it.

A. I don't buy any of the numbers generated by the homeless industry in the U.S.

Homeless industry? Are homeless people created so that more money is made?

Institutions are needed to deal with homelessness, but you make it sound like the goal is to create more homeless people despite it being the complete opposite of the mission statement of many of these institutions -- including many charities.

Counting homeless school kids isnt hard. If youve been to NYC and saw for yourself you would believe homelessness is a problem.

American homelessness should be solved before we allow a single illegal immigrant or refugee here to suck our resources

I grew up in NYC. My work took me to many big cities across the US. Homelessness can be seen in the downtown cores of all big cities.

It's sad that it takes illegal immigration for people to finally be sympathetic to homeless people. The homeless are often criminalized and stigmatized.