The Raw Story website reports today (December 20, 2011) that at least 1.6 million children in the United States -- or one in 45 kids -- were homeless last year, living in cars, shelters, abandoned buildings, and parks, according to a study released yesterday.
With youth homelessness still surging amid tough economic times, the National Center on Family Homelessness called its study a "call to action for all of us to address child homelessness before we lose another generation."
Of the children affected, 42 percent were under the age of six, and a third were living with single mothers, the study found.
It also said homeless children were more likely than others to suffer from hunger, school problems, stress, and illness.
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