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Definition of 'Homeless' Inflates Number of Homeless Kids
A well publicized report that an estimated 1.5 million American children experienced homelessness in 2005-06 did not use the federal definition of homelessness and used a different definition that grossly inflated the actual number.
Report Says 1 in 50 U.S. Kids Are Homeless
Report Says 1 in 50 U.S. Kids Are Homeless
time.com — A child looks out the door of her motel room in West Sacramento, California. The girl's family... was evicted from the house they were renting after her father lost his job. The couple (more) Report Says 1 in 50 U.S. Kids Are Homeless
Homeless, Starving But You Need a Cell Phone
Homeless, Starving But You Need a Cell Phone
poligazette.com — First Lady Michelle Obama went to a soup kitchen for homeless poor people not far from the... White House yesterday. She hoped, she said, that she would inspire other Americans to help out the poor as well. Sadly, critical journalists noticed something ... (more) Homeless, Starving But You Need a Cell Phone
Dishonest Definition Inflates Homeless Kid Numbers
Dishonest Definition Inflates Homeless Kid Numbers
rhymeswithright.mu.nu — After all, using the Department of Housing and Urban Development definition of homelessness would have produced a... very low number. That's why the authors grabbed a different definition, one from the Department of Education, that was sure to increase the... (more) Dishonest Definition Inflates Homeless Kid Numbers
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Homeless children stats grossly inflated
Sister Toldjah — ... resources for rent — are not included in HUD’s report. “It’s not consistent with the definition that we’ve applied in academic research for more than 20 years and it’s inconsistent with federal housing policy,” University of Pennsylvania Professor of Sociology Dennis Culhane, a principal investigator of HUD’s report, told FOXNews.com. “People who are doubled up are not counted as homeless.” Read the rest here.

Dishonest Definition Inflates Homeless Kid Numbers
Rhymes With Right — After all, using the Department of Housing and Urban Development definition of homelessness would have produced a very low number. That’s why the authors grabbed a different definition , one from the Department of Education, that was sure to increase the numbers to create a crisis. A well publicized report this week that an estimated 1.5 million American children experienced homelessness in 2005-06 did not use the federal definition of homelessness. Instead, it used a different definition that grossly inflated the actual number. The report — released Tuesday by the National ...

Shocka! Latest Child 'Homelessness' Figures Grossly Exaggerated
JammieWearingFool — As soon as I first heard this reported earlier in the week I knew it was bogus, considering the dubious track record of homeless advocates. Well, sure enough, it's a crock . I doubt the truth will be as widely reported as the fiction. A well publicized report this week that an estimated 1.5 million American children experienced homelessness in 2005-06 did not use the federal definition of homelessness. Instead, it used a different definition that grossly inflated the actual number . The report — released Tuesday by the National Center on Family Homelessness and reported by ...

210 TIMES MORE BRAINLESS ADULTS IN AMERICA THAN HOMELESS CHILDREN
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — THE LEFT SAID THERE WERE 1.5 MILLION HOMELESS CHILDREN IN AMERICA. BUT THERE ARE REALLY ONLY 330,000. THE LEFT LIED. AS THEY ALWAYS DO. THERE ARE 210 TIMES MORE BRAINLESS PEOPLE IN AMERICA: THAT'S 69,000,000. THE FOLKS WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA. THESE PEOPLE ARE A HUGE PROBLEM. THE SOLUTION: EDUCATION. THEY MUST BE DEPROGRAMMED. ...

Obama's Press Conference in a Nutshell
Confederate Yankee — ... be cool? Not that a new global currency is needed. Yet. We're not going to renew the Bush tax cuts for the middle class. We're going to introduce the Obama tax cuts. See how much more I care about you than anyone since Reagan? Any by "Reagan," I mean shut up, capitalist, or you might just find a busload of sedated ACORN drones outside your house in the morning. Please don't look at how I'm in favor of penalizing charities. And lets go to the decaffinated hack from Ebony who uses a discredited report on homeless children to make a point, showing why Kevin Chappell has no ...

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