Each night across America more than one million children have no place to call home. These families represent the largest and fastest growing group of the homeless population. For these families a lack of affordable housing is just one part in a larger set of problems including inadequate education, domestic violence, poor employability, and a general lack of community and personal support. In analyzing the root causes of family homelessness the Institute for Children and Poverty hopes to shed light not just on the devastating effects of these problems but also on the way to most effectively combat them.

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A Shelter is Not a Home... Or Is It? Lessons from Family Homelessness in New York City By exploring the evolution of New York City's shelter system over a twenty-three year period, this work suggests that shelters have perhaps become a surrogate for traditional low-income housing. By harnessing the power to foster change within shelters themselves, it offers a blueprint to successfully move families from homelessness to permanent independent living. To learn more ...

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The Cost of Good Intentions: Gentrification and Homelessness in Upper Manhattan Examining indicators of income, education, rents, and housing values, this report shows that low-income families in upper Manhattan are particularly at risk of becoming homeless due to neighborhood changes.

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D�j� vu: Family Homelessness in New York City This report provides a general overview of the situation facing homeless families and those who serve them in New York City, and reveals how little has changed in the last decade.

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For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Institutionalization of Homeless Families in America Examining institutional entrenchment among homeless families, the Institute demonstrates the possible benefits of breaking this cycle of poverty with investment in these families' futures through education and family preservation.

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Multiple Families: Multiplying Problems: A First Look at the Fathers of Homeless Children This discussion of the men in homeless children's lives reveals a disturbing trend of detachment, hardship and further instability.

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Homeless in America: A Children's Story-Part One The Institute for Children and Poverty surveyed almost 2,000 families and more than 4,000 children in twenty-four locations across the country to assess the state of homeless children in America. This full-length report is their story-one of constant upheaval, educational struggles, declining health, and violence. It is also a story of opportunity for those with the will and the power to influence policy and create change. The book serves as one of the only comprehensive national data sources on homelessness in the country.

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The American Family Myth: Every Child at Risk Today one in every four children is born to a single mother. One third of those mothers are teenagers. While the erosion of the traditional family structure is hardly limited to the nation's poorest families, it does have the most serious implications for them, as it translates into even greater instability for homeless children.

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The New Poverty: A Generation of Homeless Families The health and stability of tomorrow's urban America can be foretold by the status of its children today. As the number of children living below the poverty line continues to increase, it becomes increasingly important to fight the devastating effects of poverty with education and comprehensive social services.