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DESCRIPTION:How Homelessness Hurts Children&rsquo\;s HealthAnd How You Ca
 n Help\nEighth Annual Interfaith Homelessness ForumSunday\, March 11\, 2
 012\, 3:00-5:00pm\, Trinity Episcopal Church\, 81 Elm St.\, Concord\nFam
 ily homelessness remains a severe problem in Massachusetts. Over 42\,000
  families soughtstate housing assistance in the year ending July 2011\, 
 30% more than in 2010. Expectantwomen experiencing homelessness are 30% 
 more likely to deliver pre-term and 50% morelikely to have low-weight ba
 bies. Children living without permanent housing are 70% more likelyto ha
 ve developmental delays and 50% more likely to be in poor health than ch
 ildren who enjoystable housing.\nLearn what we can do to protect childre
 n&rsquo\;s health by sustaining the state&rsquo\;s successfulHomelessnes
 s Prevention Program NOW AT RISK due to limits in state budget funding.\
 nSpeakers will be Dr. Megan Sandel\, Associate Professor of Pediatrics a
 nd Public Healthat Boston Medical Center and a nationally recognized exp
 ert on housing and child health\;Robert Pulster\, Associate Director\, D
 epartment of Housing Stabilization\, Mass. Department ofHousing and Comm
 unity Development\; a formerly homeless mother\; and a panel of area sta
 telegislators. The forum\, organized by the Advocacy Network to End Fami
 ly Homelessness\, isfree and open to all.
URL:http://concord.patch.com/events/eighth-annual-interfaith-homelessness
 -forum
SUMMARY:Eighth Annual Interfaith Homelessness Forum
LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Church: 81 Elm St\, Concord\, MA
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