Supporting the designation of November 2025 as "National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month".

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 905 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 905

  Supporting the designation of November 2025 as ``National Homeless 
                 Children and Youth Awareness Month''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2025

 Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. Bacon, 
  Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Moskowitz, and Ms. 
   Moore of Wisconsin) submitted the following resolution; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Supporting the designation of November 2025 as ``National Homeless 
                 Children and Youth Awareness Month''.

Whereas, in the United States, public schools identified nearly 1,400,000 
        enrolled homeless children and youth during the 2022 to 2023 school 
        year, a 14-percent increase from the previous school year;
Whereas, every year, an estimated 1,200,000 children younger than 6 years of 
        age, and approximately 4,200,000 youth and young adults, experience 
        homelessness, with many of those children, youth, and young adults 
        staying on couches, in motels, in shelters, or outside;
Whereas the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported a 39-percent 
        increase in families staying in homeless shelters or visibly on the 
        streets in 2024, which was the highest of any population and the second 
        consecutive year of increase;
Whereas infants experiencing homelessness are at a higher risk for certain 
        illnesses and health conditions;
Whereas families experiencing homelessness are more likely to experience 
        involvement in the child welfare system and difficulty with school 
        attendance;
Whereas more than 48 percent of students that experienced homelessness during 
        the 2022 to 2023 school year were chronically absent, a rate 22 percent 
        higher than other students;
Whereas, in 2021, high school students experiencing homelessness were nearly 
        twice as likely to have seriously considered suicide or made a suicide 
        plan and more than 3 times as likely to have made a suicide attempt 
        within the past year;
Whereas individuals without a high school degree or general educational 
        development certificate are over 4.5 times more likely to report 
        homelessness than their peers who completed high school, making lack of 
        education the leading risk factor for homelessness;
Whereas, in 2022, the high school graduation rate for students experiencing 
        homelessness was 68 percent, compared to 80 percent for low-income 
        students and 85.5 percent for all students;
Whereas the rate of youth homelessness is the same in rural, suburban, and urban 
        areas;
Whereas 29 percent of unaccompanied homeless youth between 13 and 25 years of 
        age have spent time in foster care, compared to approximately 6 percent 
        of all children;
Whereas homelessness among children and youth is a complex issue that often 
        occurs with deep poverty, low education and employment levels, substance 
        misuse and use disorders, mental health disorders, lack of affordable 
        housing, and family conflict; and
Whereas awareness of child and youth homelessness must be heightened to 
        encourage greater support for effective programs to help children and 
        youth overcome homelessness: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the efforts of businesses, governments, 
        organizations, educators, and volunteers dedicated to meeting 
        the needs of homeless children and youth;
            (2) applauds the initiatives of businesses, governments, 
        organizations, educators, and volunteers that--
                    (A) use time and resources to raise awareness of 
                child and youth homelessness, the causes of child and 
                youth homelessness, and potential solutions; and
                    (B) work to prevent homelessness among children and 
                youth;
            (3) supports the designation a ``National Homeless Children 
        and Youth Awareness Month''; and
            (4) encourages businesses, governments, organizations, 
        educators, and volunteers to continue to intensify their 
        efforts to address homelessness among children and youth during 
        National Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month.
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