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Though she never reported it, and was never reported to school staff or police, in those months Driscoll actually met the federal definition of homelessness. She did not have a “fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence,” and was thus eligible for protections and transportation accommodations from the School Department. “It’s not something I would go to school and tell my friends about,” she said. http://www.theforecaster.net/young-homeless-in-brunswick-its-not-something-i-would-go-to-school-and-tell-my-friends-about/

Child poverty on the rise in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine – The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual Kids Count report says the number of Maine children living in poverty grew from 42,000 in 2008 to 45,000 in 2013. The report says Maine’s child poverty rate of 18 percent in 2013 was higher than before the recession, when it was 16 percent. http://www.pressherald.com/2015/07/21/kids-count-finds-more-maine-children-living-in-poverty/

Success in Seattle

"The first night I slept at their house, Tamar’s older sister, Mariya Manuel, cleaned up her room and insisted I sleep on her bed. Some couches I slept on before would be considered soft, but nothing compared to this. "You needed it more than I did," she explained. Her mom even knocked on my door and offered me a glass of water. It felt like a hotel. I stayed for a couple weeks, and then the strangest thing happened. One evening, Tamar’s mom picked me up from work around 11:30 p.m. She asked if I would like to join the family." http://kuow.org/post/i-was-homeless-and-my-life-was-trash-then-seattle-family-took-me
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