CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY: THE HIDDEN SIDE OF HOMELESSNESS
By Paul Bennett, Volunteer Blog Writer at Mentor A Promise More than a million young students in the U.S.—the number is greater than 100,000 in Gotham alone—live in cars, shelters, or with relatives. people inside subway metro train during trip, passengers in public transport by mast3r Anyone who rides the New York City subways during weekday mornings and afternoons will see middle- and high school students traveling to and from school. They study, talk, and stare at their phones. Most wear regular clothes, and some wear uniforms. Some carry sporting gear, others musical instruments, or extra bags. Several of the kids one sees on any given day may well be homeless, but the casual observer wouldn’t know that, because homeless students don’t look any different from those with homes. Here is a sobering fact: Children are one of the fastest-growing segments of the homeless population in the U.S. In New York City alone in the 2023-2024 school year, about 100,000 public school students ...
