Facts on Trauma and Homeless Children From the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Homelessness and Extreme Poverty Working Group

摘要

Families now make up 40 percent of the country's homeless population. Within these families, more than 1.3 million children are homeless at some time each year. On any given day, at least 800,000 Americans, including about 200,000 children, find themselves without a home. Many of these families and children have experienced trauma prior to becoming homeless, and homelessness can exacerbate the consequences of trauma or retraumatize a child, resulting in a cycle that is tragically damaging and costly to both individuals and communities.