Advocates Lunchbox - Unpacking Children & Youth Homelessness in Washington State
Channel: Columbia Legal Services
Date: 13/02/2015

In Washington State, over 30,000 students are homeless, or 3.1% of all students enrolled in our K-12 schools. Of these more than 30,000 students, approximately 4,622 (15%) are unaccompanied, or not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian. Without a home, family support or other resources, and opportunities for work and housing, many homeless children and youth experience circumstances in which they are threatened, isolated, fearful, unprotected, undernourished, and even in danger of losing their lives.