Friday Round-up: this week in the news

  • Stories from last week’s White House panel on child and youth homelessness: http://huff.to/Llypzs
  • One community in South Carolina saw five deaths from domestic violence in a week and local shelters can’t meet the rising need: http://on.wfmy.com/PYYoTz
  • “There are 55,000 homeless woman veterans in the U.S. today, and that number is likely to grow as the number of women veterans increases overall.” http://bit.ly/Ovbaam

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