FLUSHING (WABC) -- There's an inspiring program in New York City that is giving a special group of children a chance to see life through a different lens. The award winning "Pictures of Hope" ...

Politically savvy Brooklyn fourth-graders are joining forces with the nonprofit group Coalition for the Homeless to fight for better housing conditions for their peers. On June 2, members of Kids for ...

On the Tuesday, December 30, 2025, episode of The Excerpt podcast: The issue of homelessness continues to plague the U.S. One of the demographics hit hardest is students under the age of 18. USA TODAY ...

Recently, someone from our staff came to me asking about help for two of our kids from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica who had just become homeless. I wish I could say this was an isolated ...

Back-to-school season is in full swing across the country, which means summer camp season is coming to a close. For many kids, camps are a home away from home, but for some, they are the only home ...

Teacher Herb Hickey holds a baby while she drinks from a bottle. Hickey has worked at the nonprofit Horizons for Homeless Children in Massachusetts for 13 years and frequently sees infants who are ...

An all-time high of 154,000 children in New York City’s public schools — nearly one in seven — were homeless during the past school year, according to data released Monday as the city reckons with a ...

Over 1.2 million students enrolled in public schools experienced homelessness in the 2021-22 school year, according to a study by the National Center for Homeless Education. The McKinney-Vento ...