Homeless students

An estimated 22,444 high school youth didn’t have a stable place to live across the state of Michigan in 2019. That’s according to a new report from the University of Michigan’s Poverty Solutions initiative.

The pandemic is putting more families at risk for homelessness as financial pressure builds and eviction moratoriums end. Michigan already has the sixth…

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A recent report from the University of Michigan Poverty Solutions finds the state has one of the largest populations of homeless students in the country.…

Helping the homeless often comes from the hands of policymakers or researchers, rather than from one young person helping another. A new Detroit-area…

Who are Michigan's homeless students? And how does being homeless affect their education?These are crucial questions for the state, as education plays an…