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education of homeless children and adolescents  

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  • Families with children, as well as unaccompanied children, comprise a large percentage of those who are considered homeless in the United States. The changing face of the homeless has shifted from an unemployed adult without a family to working families who simply cannot afford to pay for housing on their incomes. [Source: Encyclopedia ofthe Social and Cultural Foundations of Education; Homeless Children and Adolescents, Education of]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-PKG8H5BW-B

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