IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1598 
Designating November 2024 as ‘‘National Homeless Children and Youth 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 26, 2024 
Ms. BONAMICI (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
RESOLUTION 
Designating November 2024 as ‘‘National Homeless Children 
and Youth Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas, in the United States, public schools identified near-
ly 1,400,000 enrolled homeless children and youth during 
the 2022 to 2023 school year, a 14 percent increase from 
the previous school year; 
Whereas every year an estimated 1,200,000 children younger 
than 6 years of age, and approximately 4,200,000 youth 
and young adults, experience homelessness, with many of 
those children, youth, and young adults staying on 
couches, in motels, in shelters, or outside; 
Whereas infants experiencing homelessness are at a higher 
risk for certain illnesses and health conditions; 
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Whereas families experiencing homelessness are more likely 
to experience involvement in the child welfare system and 
difficulty with school attendance; 
Whereas more than 52 percent of students that experienced 
homelessness during the 2021 to 2022 school year were 
chronically absent, a rate 22 percent higher than other 
students; 
Whereas, in 2021, high school students experiencing home-
lessness were nearly twice as likely to have seriously con-
sidered suicide or made a suicide plan and more than 3 
times as likely to have made a suicide attempt within the 
past year; 
Whereas individuals without a high school degree or general 
educational development certificate are over 4.5 times 
more likely to report homelessness than their peers who 
completed high school, making lack of education the lead-
ing risk factor for homelessness; 
Whereas, in 2022, the high school graduation rate for stu-
dents experiencing homelessness was 68 percent, com-
pared to 80 percent for low-income students and 85.5 
percent for all students; 
Whereas the rate of youth homelessness is the same in rural, 
suburban, and urban areas; 
Whereas 29 percent of unaccompanied homeless youth be-
tween 13 and 25 years of age have spent time in foster 
care, compared to approximately 6 percent of all children; 
Whereas homelessness among children and youth is a com-
plex issue that often occurs with deep poverty, low edu-
cation and employment levels, substance misuse and use 
disorders, mental health disorders, lack of affordable 
housing, and family conflict; and 
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Whereas awareness of child and youth homelessness must be 
heightened to encourage greater support for effective pro-
grams to help children and youth overcome homelessness: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the efforts of businesses, govern-
ments, organizations, educators, and volunteers dedi-
cated to meeting the needs of homeless children and 
youth; 
(2) applauds the initiatives of businesses, gov-
ernments, organizations, educators, and volunteers 
that— 
(A) use time and resources to raise aware-
ness of child and youth homelessness, the 
causes of child and youth homelessness, and po-
tential solutions; and 
(B) work to prevent homelessness among 
children and youth; 
(3) supports the designation of a ‘‘National 
Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month’’; 
and 
(4) encourages businesses, governments, organi-
zations, educators, and volunteers to continue to in-
tensify their efforts to address homelessness among 
children and youth. 
Æ 
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