Advocates for Children of New York’s Post

Last year, more than 119,000 NYC Department of Education students—roughly one in every 9—experienced homelessness. While the recent increase in the number of immigrant families arriving in NYC has brought more attention to the issue, student homelessness is not a new phenomenon: 2022–23 was the **8th year in a row** in which more than 100,000 NYC students were identified as homeless. As NYC works to address this crisis, it must also ensure students get needed educational support. No child in New York City should be homeless, but until we reach that goal, access to a quality education is our best possible tool for ensuring those living in shelter don’t re-enter the system as adults. Although the number of NYC students who are homeless is record-high, services that have been put in place to help support these students are under threat, and the situation is becoming more dire as the supports that do exist are stretched thin. Learn more about this data, and the tremendous obstacles students who are homeless—especially those living in shelter—face to success in school ▶ https://lnkd.in/enm7nYE6