The United States of America is a country known for being prosperous, but it too suffers from this epidemic. ... The Campaign to End Child Homelessness states that over 1.6 million American children go to sleep without a home of their own each year. ... In "Record number of homeless children enrolled in public schools" by Valerie Strauss, it states that "homeless children statistics each year are 10 percent higher than the year before and 72 percent higher than before the recession". ... Children are not the only population affected by this crisis, veterans are also a popul...

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With America going through the great depression then a recession, America is losing hope. ... With most of America's workers being part of the working class, holding minimum wage jobs, we don't have extra money for our needs. ... In the United States we have 23.1% of the population on welfare, and 38% of children under age of five is on welfare (Jeffery 1). These shocking statistics show just how horrific the poverty rate in the United States is. ...

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