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Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
Senate of Pennsylvania
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | October 13, 2015 09:51 AM |
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| From: | Senator Wayne D. Fontana |
| To: | All Senate members |
| Subject: | Homeless Children’s Awareness Week |
| In the near future, I plan to introduce a resolution recognizing the week of October 18 through 25, 2015, as “Homeless Children’s Awareness Week” in Pennsylvania. The federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act states that children are homeless if they lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. Furthermore, children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population. During the 2013-14 school year, nearly 23,000 school age children and youth were reported as experiencing homelessness which made up about 1 percent of the total Pennsylvania public school enrollment population for that year. Homeless Children’s Awareness Week will bring attention to the growing problems and issues children experiencing homeless face throughout Pennsylvania and encourage people to get involved. I hope you join me by signing on as a co sponsor. |
Introduced as SR209