Ind. Sees More Homeless Students as Economy Slumps
The number of Indiana public school students who are homeless has jumped in recent years — and is expected to climb further — as high foreclosure and unemployment rates leave more parents struggling to provide stable homes for their children.
During the 2005-2006 school year, Indiana public schools recorded 7,547 homeless students, according to an
issue brief
released Wednesday by the Indiana Youth Institute. The number jumped to 8,249 the following year and to 8,480 during the 2007-2008 school year — marking a 12 percent increase over two years.
Those numbers do not include younger students who are not of school age or "unaccompanied youth" who are especially difficult to count because they are living on their own and often do not...
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