From the People’s Emergency Center (http://www.pec-cares.org):
New reports from the Pennsylvania Department of Education identifies its largest number ever of children and youth experiencing homelessness – 38,823!
Highlights:
- The data suggests that homelessness of children and youth is increasing.
- Perhaps, surprisingly, Philadelphia is not the largest region identifying homeless students. Region 2 identified 8,937 compared to Philadelphia’s 7,112.
- Four school districts identified more than one thousands homeless students. They are Allegheny, Lancaster, Philadelphia, and Reading.
- Three school districts – Harrisburg, Lebanon, and York – identified from 500 to 999 homeless students.
- Thirty-one school districts, including several charters, identified between 100 and 499 homeless students.
- The charters are Agora Cyber Charter (Chester), Belmont (Philadelphia), Chester Community Charter (Delaware), and PA Cyber Charter (Beaver).
- Pennsylvania’s rate of homeless students compared to all Pennsylvania children under 18 is 1.4 percent.
- Dauphin County has the highest rate of homeless students compared to all children in the county. Union county has the lowest.
Read the report at https://www.pec-cares.org/uploads/2/9/3/9/29391481/ehcy_summary_of_sy_2018_data_by_entity-2019-03-01.pdf
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