Homeless studentsHomeless students

This is a bar graph of homeless students This is a bar graph of homeless students that get sick. that get sick.

For each school year from1999-2003.For each school year from1999-2003.There is very little change in the graph There is very little change in the graph

because homeless students. Have a because homeless students. Have a better chance of getting sick then better chance of getting sick then students that have homes.students that have homes.

ANSWERS!• Why do homeless students have a better

chance of getting sick?• Homeless students have no home do not

have good water supplies or food. They had to drink water from puddles eat from garbage cans some times a lot of homeless students have to get trash to use as a blanket like this.

• Instead of using trash they could have a Instead of using trash they could have a better life they could have great better life they could have great jobs ,homes and they would have a very jobs ,homes and they would have a very small chance of getting sick when they small chance of getting sick when they were homeless.were homeless.

• 42% of homeless children are under the age of five.MISD Homeless Education Project for Children & Youth Student Count by year in Macomb County.

51% of homeless people in Michigan are adults and children in families.