Horizons for Homeless Children | Comcast Newsmakers

Horizons for Homeless Children - 4:53

with Kate Barrand on Focusing on the Children

Posted Nov 24, 2017

Family homelessness has grown by 256 percent since 2006. At any given point 16,000 children under age 6 could be homeless. Horizons for Homeless Children focuses solely on the needs of the children through early education, play spaces and childcare. Interview recorded on September 26, 2017.

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