Helping Homeless Children..

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-dianne-feinstein/helping-homeless-children_b_8148612.html

Dianne Feinstein
U.S. Senator from California.

Helping Homeless Children
Posted: 09/16/2015 4:30 pm EDT Updated: 3 hours ago

The Los Angeles Times recently ran a disturbing series on poverty and homelessness in San Bernardino County. It described appalling conditions for children--Eddie and Breanna--forced to live with their families in motels where sex trafficking, drug use and violence are prevalent. Children in these precarious situations are especially vulnerable to being abused and trafficked themselves.

Since 2006, there has been a 67 percent increase in the number of homeless children in this country. The recession pushed millions of families over the edge and many never recovered.

Today, 2.5 million children in the United States under age 18 are without a permanent roof to live under--more than ever before. One in five of these children lives in California. What makes this even more heartbreaking is many of these children are ineligible for federal homeless assistance programs because the government doesn't consider them homeless.

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This is a true tragedy in this country right now and every day.

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1. Good read.