Developing a Trauma-Informed Approach to Serving Young Homeless Families

"The prevalence of traumatic stress in the lives of families experiencing homelessness is extraordinarily high. Often these families have experienced on-going trauma in the form of childhood abuse and neglect, family disruption, domestic violence, community violence, involvement with the foster care system, and the trauma associated with the loss of home, safety and sense of security (Bassuk et al., 1996; Browne & Bassuk, 1997; Bassuk, Buckner et al., 1997)...."

http://www.familyhomelessness.org/media/319.pdf