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However, in order to benefit from targeted educational protections and services, children and youth must first be identified as experiencing homelessness. New survey data suggests that an estimated 420,000 fewer children and youth experiencing homelessness have been identified and enrolled by schools so far this school yeardespite evidence of increasing homelessness, and despite proactive identification efforts by many school district homeless liaisons. This decrease in homeless student enrollment, combined with previous estimates of underidentification, means that as many as 1.4 million children and youth experiencing homelessness may be un-identified and unsupported by their school during the pandemic. Survey responses also demonstrate significant unmet basic needs, as well as the failure of federal CARES Act dollars to reach children and youth experiencing homelessness. If our nation is ever to recover from COVID-19, we must increase outreach to and support for children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness through public schools and early childhood programs, and prioritize their education and well-being in all public systems of care.  \nLost in the Masked Shuffle & Virtual Void: Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Amidst the Pandemic  \nKEY FINDINGS | PAGE 03  \nkey  \nfindings  \n1. An estimated 420,000 fewer children and youth experiencing homelessness have been identified and enrolled by schools so far this school year. The primary reason cited for lower homeless student numbers at the start of the 2020-21 school year was the inability to identify families/youth due to distance learning/school building closures. Therefore, the pandemic has significantly exacerbated the ongoing problem of under-identification and lack of services for homeless children and youth. Prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools were failing to identify an estimated 1 million homeless children and youth. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased this number; as a result, as many as 1.4 million homeless K-12 children may be unidentified and unsupported by their schools.  \n2. While overall homeless student identification and enrollment is down, the number of children and youth experiencing homelessness has likely increased due to the economic crisis. Some school districts did report higher numbers of homeless students at the start of the 2020 school year.  \nInformation from those school districts provides valuable information about the likely increases in homelessness across the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from those schools indicates that job loss due to COVID-19 was the most frequently cited reason for increases in homelessness among K-12 children and youth.  \n3. Children and youth experiencing homelessness face significant unmet needs in their communities. Lack of internet, shelter/housing, food, and child care were the top needs described by school districts.  \n4. Federal education relief funds are not reaching homeless families, children, and youth. Only 18% of respondents indicated that federal coronavirus relief education funding provided by the CARES Act is being used to meet the needs of students experiencing homelessness.  \nLost in the Masked Shuffle & Virtual Void: Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Amidst the Pandemic  \nINTRODUCTION | PAGE 04  \nintroduction  \nIn early August 2020, as educators prepared for an uncertain school year, we began to hear a worrying theme from school district homeless liaisons: numbers of identified homeles","cbCaiolZMIl81J8V","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiolZMIl81J8V","pdf",9575174,23,"English","# Executive summary\n# Key findings\n# Introduction","[{\"question\":\"What major identification changes did schools observe during 2020-21?\",\"answer\":\"Schools reported an estimated 420,000 fewer children and youth experiencing homelessness being identified and enrolled early in the 2020-21 school year.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did under-identification worsen during the pandemic?\",\"answer\":\"Distance learning and school building closures made it harder for educators to identify families and youth, exacerbating ongoing under-identification and reducing access to services.\"},{\"question\":\"What unmet needs and funding gaps were reported?\",\"answer\":\"School districts cited lack of internet, shelter/housing, food, and child care as top needs, and only 18% of respondents indicated CARES Act education relief was being used to meet students’ homelessness-related needs.\"}]","Lost in the Masked Shuffle & Virtual Void: Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Amidst the Pandemic | PDF",1792058525,58]