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UNCENSORED: American Family Experiences with Poverty and Homelessness

Posted on August 11, 2011 by phavens

The Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness recently released the Summer 2011 edition of UNCENSORED which offers an on-the-ground look at the trends shaping family homelessness in communities across America.

In this issue UNCENSORED reveals how homeless children and youth gain self-esteem and emotional insight through arts programs, and volunteers throughout the country share their experiences and motives to work with homeless children and families.  Another article chronicles New York City’s recent housing subsidy policies, and New York City families explain how a program providing free milk changed their lives.

The “Historical Perspective” and the “National Perspective” discuss the past and present of food insecurity in the US.  The first analyzes the development of the school lunch program and it’s evolution over time, and the latter identifies the number of homeless families throughout the US currently enrolled in the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP).  In addition, UNCENSORED goes “On the Record” with current and formerly homeless family members, who share their thoughts on homeless policies and programs.

We encourage all of our investors to download a copy of UNCENSORED and read about these important issues, so to better understand our call to action to break the cycles of homelessness, poverty and domestic violence here in our community.