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-- Living in motels, hotels, trailer parts, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative accommodations;
-- Living in emergency or transitional shelters;
-- Abandoned in hospitals;
-- Awaiting foster care placement;
-- Using a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
-- Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
-- Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above."
In addition, most families with homeless people live at 50% of the federal poverty level (FPL) or below, based on US Census Bureau guidelines. Middle-income children affected are in families at up to 400% or higher of the FPL.
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