ABC World News (12/13, story 10, 2:00, Sawyer, 8.2M) reported, "A new study showing a 33% increase in the number of homeless children in just four years."
USA Today (12/13, Bello) adds that according to the report, released by the National Center on Family Homelessness, "one in 45 children in the USA - 1.6 million children - were living on the street, in homeless shelters or motels, or doubled up with other families last year," representing "a 33% increase from 2007, when there were 1.2 million homeless children." Noting that the study analyzed four years of ED data, USA Today adds that it "finds the worst states for homeless children are Southern states where poverty is high, including Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas, and states decimated by foreclosures and job losses, such as Arizona, California and Nevada."
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