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Statistics on children, youth and families in Illinois from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
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Definition and Source
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Definition
Homeless Students are defined as children/youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
They include:
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- Students who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals;
- Students who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
- Students who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings;
- Migratory students who qualify as being homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because they are living in circumstances described above.
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Data Source
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Report Card summaries and data sets, available at the Data Library and Interactive Report Card.
Notes
Number of Students.
Last Updated
December 2023