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	Podcast:		Humankind on Public Radio
	Episode:		Homeless Students
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:30:25
	Publish Date:		2021-09-09 07:01:06
	Description:		In this episode, we hear from a homeless public school student, one of an estimated 1.5 million in the United States: “We’d usually try to find a hotel. My Dad would spend what little money he had on the place. You don’t have to be very old to understand that that’s not the way it’s supposed to be, not knowing where you’re going to sleep the next day, not knowing what you’re going to eat for dinner.” What’s it like going to school in the day, then returning at night to a shelter or low-cost motel or being a temporary guest in someone else’s home? According to federal data, student homelessness nationwide has risen steadily since 2009, even as parts of the economy started to recover from the Great Recession. And there’s evidence that young families with children are especially vulnerable and may be the last to regain lost ground. Some were left homeless when federal housing subsidies were cut off. We look at food insecurity for these families and the sometimes unfriendly conditions in shelters, where a homeless student must try to do homework.
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