What is the Impact of Homelessness on Children?

Homelessness is traumatic for children.
Homeless children are sick at twice the rate of other children.
Homeless children are twice as likely to experience hunger as their non-homeless peers. Hunger has negative effects on the development of children.
Ten percent to 26% of homeless preschoolers have mental health problems requiring clinical evaluation.
Compared with other children, homeless children are:

Four times as likely to have developmental delays
Twice as likely to have learning disabilities
Twice as likely to repeat a grade, most often due to frequent absences and moves to new schools