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DESCRIPTION:How Homelessness Hurts Children&rsquo\;s HealthAnd How You Ca
 n HelpEighth Annual Interfaith Homelessness ForumSunday\, March 11\, 201
 2\, 3:00-5:00pm\, Trinity Episcopal Church\, 81 Elm St.\, ConcordFamily 
 homelessness remains a severe problem in Massachusetts. Over 42\,000 fam
 ilies 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 babies
 . Children living without permanent housing are 70% more likelyto have d
 evelopmental delays and 50% more likely to be in poor health than childr
 en who enjoystable housing.Learn what we can do to protect children&rsqu
 o\;s health by sustaining the state&rsquo\;s successfulHomelessness Prev
 ention Program NOW AT RISK due to limits in state budget funding.Speaker
 s will be Dr. Megan Sandel\, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Publi
 c Healthat Boston Medical Center and a nationally recognized expert on h
 ousing and child health\;Robert Pulster\, Associate Director\, Departmen
 t of Housing Stabilization\, Mass. Department ofHousing and Community De
 velopment\; a formerly homeless mother\; and a panel of area statelegisl
 ators. The forum\, organized by the Advocacy Network to End Family Homel
 essness\, isfree and open to all.
URL:http://sudbury.patch.com/events/eighth-annual-interfaith-homelessness
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SUMMARY:Eighth Annual Interfaith Homelessness Forum
LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Church: 81 Elm St\, Concord\, MA
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