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Homeless Children In Texas

Texas has improved on how homeless children fare in the state.
Texas is now ranked 38th nationwide, a bump up from the dead last spot the state held in 2009.
The President of the National Center on Family Homelessness said Texas has created a helpful strategic plan for ending homelessness which helped bring them up.
However the center is quick to add, there is still work to do.  There are more than 131,000 homeless children in the State of Texas. 
You can read more about homeless children in Texoma and how organizations locally are reaching out to help those in need by clicking here.

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