Residential Instability and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Education Program: What We Know, Plus Gaps in Research

Cunningham, Mary K.; Harwood, Robin L.; Hall, Sam

doi:10.1037/e722172011-001

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“…Because those specific variables were not available in Wave 2 of the Add Health study, our study tests a different set of potential mediators: peer substance use and school change. We find evidence that a change in school partially mediates the association between mobility and dropout, motivating further research on how school changes are disruptive and how that disruption can be minimized (Cunningham, Harwood, & Hall, 2010). …”

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Residential mobility during adolescence: Do even “upward” moves predict dropout risk?

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Fowler

Anderson

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Social Science Research

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This paper uses the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to investigate the impact of housing instability in adolescence on the likelihood of subsequent graduation from high school. Combining census data, self-reports, and information about respondents’ residential changes, we use the variation in the number of moves and neighborhood quality to predict whether participants obtain a high school diploma. Controlling for major predictors of housing mobility, students experiencing at least one move over a 12-month period have a roughly 50% decreased likelihood of obtaining a high school diploma by the age of 25. These associations are identified regardless of whether students move to a poorer or less-poor neighborhood. Our results carry implications for the development of housing policies and interventions designed for disadvantaged populations.

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Residential mobility during adolescence: Do even “upward” moves predict dropout risk?

Metzger

Fowler

Anderson

et al. 2015

Social Science Research

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“…The economic conditions in the United States and around the world have created tremendous wealth for a small segment of society while putting growing pressure on everyone else. Lower‐income individuals and families find themselves frequently moving to find affordable housing that may include overcrowded and unsafe conditions (Crowley, ; Cunningham, Harwood, & Hall, ; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [USHUD], ). The cost of renting or owning a home has steadily increased over the past few decades (Desmond, ).…”

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“…However, concentrations of students with housing insecurity also affect the teachers and administrators. Teachers report how high rates of student mobility negatively affect their instructional practices because students frequently enter the class throughout the semester (Cunningham et al., ). Schools and districts may come to expect mobility (Hallett et al., ).…”

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Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education: A Trauma‐Informed Approach to Research, Policy, and Practice

Hallett¹,

Crutchfield²

2017

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“…Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2003). Crowded conditions and excessive residential mobility also have the potential to disrupt children’s school attendance and performance (Cunningham, Harwood, & Hall, 2010; Goux & Maurin, 2005) and other aspects of family functioning.…”

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Paternal Incarceration and the Housing Security of Urban Mothers

Geller

Walker

2014

J of Marriage and Family

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High rates of imprisonment among American fathers have motivated an ongoing examination of incarceration’s role in family life. A growing literature suggests that incarceration creates material and socioemotional challenges not only for prisoners and former prisoners but also for their families and communities. The authors examined the relationship between fathers’ incarceration and one such challenge: the housing insecurity of the mothers of their children. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 4,125) and a series of longitudinal regression models, they found that mothers’ housing security was compromised following their partners’ incarceration, an association likely driven in part, but not entirely, by financial challenges following his time in prison or jail. Given the importance of stable housing for the continuity of adult employment, children’s schooling, and other inputs to healthy child development, the findings suggest a grave threat to the well-being of children with incarcerated fathers.

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Residential Instability and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Education Program: What We Know, Plus Gaps in Research

Abstract: Residential instability is common among low-income families, with low-income families moving more often than higherincome families (Coulton, Theodos, and Turner 2009; Crowley 2003) Low-income families move for a variety of reasons.

Cited by 24 publications

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Residential mobility during adolescence: Do even “upward” moves predict dropout risk?

Residential mobility during adolescence: Do even “upward” moves predict dropout risk?

Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education: A Trauma‐Informed Approach to Research, Policy, and Practice

Paternal Incarceration and the Housing Security of Urban Mothers

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