i am a formerly homeless person myself and i thought i knew the ins and out of the homeless and governing of the homeless community and man i didn't know qawt but i am learning it. i thought this thing -- my involvement would be two, three hours a month and that's turn into quite a bit more. seems like i am down here everyday in the homeless communities because i have so much interest and concern. i take a day like today and windy and cold and i went by several providers this morning and everyone is full. we have a problem in san francisco and i am sure chicago and detroit can say the same thing but we have a problem in san francisco and it's not getting better. i would like to see it get better. i spend time now trying to build a community. we are getting an influxion i call them immigrants but from other parts of the country and citizen it is and moving in because of the tech boom and these people initially don't understand the situation with the homeless or needy or unhoused population and lately i have been asked to speak to twitters and index, adobe and others and giving the reality

development is saying 600,000 homeless people and now this report comes out 2.5 homeless children. think about it. there hasn't been except from this show any real in depth analysis. how can it be that one federal department says 600,000 people in total. another department, the department of education documents 1.2 million children that go to school everyday. 2.5 million that may be homeless at any given moment. me when i was homeless, i quit school. i got bounced out of schools. these are families and kids on their own who are staying in school everyday that don't have a place to go to that night and it pops up as a crisis because it's being misidentified. i'm not naÏve in asking this question obviously but what's the value, obviously to be gained from is suppressing the number from the government. >> the pretense is that you're actually doing something and you actually care. by having people go out once every two years. on january 25th, remember, january 25th, go out and count the heads of homeless people. there's a whole bureaucracy that has been created around doing what they

and in many cases led to their homelessness. we believe that trauma is at the core of issue and one of the more devastating wounds of war. to give you an example, a vietnam war vet we had in our program. when the blue angels were doing their practice dive in treasure island, he fell to the ground in pain. we had to call 911 to the emergency room. he was triggered and he had to respond where he was first on the scene and there were 25 soldiers dying in a missile. that soldier was there and it affected his mind and body and he had to be hospitalized. that's what at & -- ptsd is doing. another veteran that recently returned from iraq. he wanted to go back to school, back to work. he got in school, he was admitted and started classes, but the problem was that he kept looking around at his classmates and trying to figure out if any of them were going to hurt him and he tried to figure out what he would do if they would attack him and he was focusing on that and not his schoolwork and ultimately dropped out. he did return and he was a

homelessness. there has been some progress made, it is slow progress and does not meet the scale that crisis out there. host: the top states of homelessness, not a surprise. the number one state is california. it has 137,000. new york has 77,000. florida has 48,000. texas as 30,000. maine has 19,000, that is unexpected. obviousrs are population centers. what's going on in maine? guest: there is a tremendous problem with rural homelessness. it is driven by the lack of affordable housing. that affects nearly every community across this country. there are people who can't afford the rent. even in the larger states that you mentioned, we see homelessness in larger numbers in metro numbers where there are skyrocketing rents. places like new england, rural parts of the south, we find homelessness for the same reasons. people are unable to afford or they are in some way disabled or in need of support that they are not finding. the services on the local level are not sufficient to meet the need. seem that

one to prevent veterans at risk for being homeless, and another to rehouse veterans currently homeless. it's also known as rapid rehousing. i'm not sure if any of you have heard of that before. last year they served 237 veterans. 107 in the homeless prevention and 130 in the rapid rehousing. they use a peer model, volunteers veterans, and spouses assist other veterans with outreach services to veterans providing tempar

their homeless possession are growing, and some say passing new ordinances helped the homeless. others say it only makes getting aid to them harder. >> arnold abbott is 90 years old. supporters cheer him on after his run-in with the law this week after serving meals to the homeless in fort lauder daily beach. police served arnold and two ministers with a citation that requires them to appear in court. >> they were very gentle, and i kind of think they felt a little guilty having to do their job. arnold. >> arnold began feeding the homeless more than two decades ago. he formed his own non-profit called "love called "love >> we feel if someone is homeless on the streets of fort lauderdale, we need to get them off of the street and into the right places where they can improve their position, they can improve their situation. >> but a past offer with sanctuary church, who was also cited for breaking the offerednance points out shelters don't always offer easy access to fort lauder daily's 10,000 homeless people. >> you have people who can't make it anywhere else and they are living

why should they care about the homeless and what can they do? >> i would say what you can do is spend some time getting this book by calling our church and buying one. these are the stories of regular people who pulled together because of i would say a vocal and prophetic leader, reverend john stein blooet brook. way care? our god is a god in all people. we do need to pay attention to our neighbor as well as loving ourselves and god. i think there are spiritual issues we have these days where we forget to look around ourselves. >> gary maring? >> i think churches need to look at the assets they have. for luther place, it was a parking lot in the late '60s and early '70s that's were were using to park congregants. through a lot of struggle and prayer we found a new mission for that parking lot which became n street village. all churches need to look at their assets. through public partnerships we were able to create a remarkable facility. >> you're talking about thinking out of the box. >> absolutely. takinging some risk. >> evelyn, what would yo

not everyone is ready to go into a homeless shelter. >> james, the national coalition for the homeless argues what the father is arguing, that homelessness is not a choice. people that are getting the food out there. it is not encouraging people to be homeless. these are people who have no other alternative. >> yes. >> and i wouldn't argue it's a choice. let's go to comparable examples. city of philadelphia tried to approach the situation in the same way that fort lauderdale approached it. they were ultimately held by the courts to be in violation of rules, and had to allow the process to go along just as it was. i guess my question to father sims is is it the intention to continue to have a programme that feeds the homeless where you meet them as many of the housing advocates offer. if you do that, you'll never solve the homeless problem in america. we know how to solve homelessness in america. we are doing it across the country. it is not one-off programs of feeding people in public parks. >> i completely disagreeful you are not going to completely end homeless possess in this countr

not everyone is ready. >> a natural coalition for the homeless, but homelessness is not a choice. people are getting the food out there. it's not encouraging people to be homeless. these are people with no alternative. >> i wouldn't argue with the choice. it wouldn't be the case. let's go to examples. we approach the situation in the same way fort lauderdale approach it. they were held by the courts to be in violation of rules, or had to allow the process to go along as it was. my question to father sims is is it the intention to continue to have a programme that feeds the homeless where you meet them as many as the housing advocates offer, because if you do that you never solve the homeless problem, and we know how to solve it. we are doing it in cities across the country. it is not one-off programs of feeding people in public parks. >> i disagree. you are not going to completely end homelessness in the country. it's not going to happen. there'll be people who are poor living on the streets for one reason or another. all we are trying to do is compassionately provide them with a

by 2015 and all homelessness by the 2020 we measured the number of homelessness individuals had a 33 percent reduction if 2010 to 2013 and that takes all rescues offer 22 percent we've hesitate in the right direction i'll close by saying the veterans in this room headed the calls they put on the uniforms and served now is the. to the he'd their call when there's a time (inaudible) there are issues like homelessness for our developers i want to say to this future residents of this wonderful thank you for your service and welcome home (clapping.) when the mayor thanked sam one of the things to know there were 8 other entities boyd on matter of the at large leasing this building including the university i want to undertook score this is not possible without the city and we appreciate that (clapping) our next speaker is robin i want to acknowledge to meet every week, we talked to make this successful and dennis is here (clapping.) and we have another person here (inaudible). (clapping.) >> and another individual is here (clapping) and anyone who covers homelessness in san francisco sees

not everyone is ready. >> a natural coalition for the homeless, but homelessness is not a choice. people are getting the food out there. it's not encouraging people to be homeless. these are people with no alternative. >> i wouldn't argue with the choice. it wouldn't be the case. let's go to examples. we approach the situation in the same way fort lauderdale approach it. they were held by the courts to be in violation of rules, or had to allow the process to go along as it was. my question to father sims is is it the intention to continue to have a programme that feeds the homeless where you meet them, as many as the housing advocates offer, because if you do that you never solve the homeless problem, and we know how to solve it. we are doing it in cities across the country. it is not one-off programs of feeding people in public parks. >> i disagree. you are not going to completely end homelessness in the country. it's not going to happen. there'll be people who are poor, living on the streets for one reason or another. all we are trying to do is compassionately provide them with

if not for that facility, they would be homeless. we put the word out for all homeless veterans. we served quite a few homeless veterans while we were there so the american legion continues to provide outreach to homeless veterans and it remains a top riority on on our radar. host: in "usa toda" - howard schultz says starbucks has committed to hire 10,000 that's over five years and it employs a recruiter who is a veteran and understands the anxiety and can bridge the gap.

stop now so please let me continue with the local homeless coordinating board. i spoke with nancy pelosi about the opening of st. anthony's and quite an event and chat with her about some of the things going on in san francisco and she promised to speak with her boss, barack obama in a few days and i am waiting for the call from the white house. i know it will come any day. thank you for the time here and the original appointment and i would like to continue pressing on. thank you. >> thank you. kim armbruster. >> not yet. is kim here? >> [inaudible] >> okay. erick brown. >> good afternoon supervisors on this wet thursday afternoon. i am erick brown and i am seated member on the local homeless coordinating board. i have been on the board for approximately six and a half years. i have been the chair of the [inaudible] committee, hud management information system. i have been co-chair for the hearth and how to bring regulations into line with san francisco in the continuum of care. i have worked seallessly i like to think providing homeless services to san francis

make up 15% of the hotel homeless population. they're mostly men, but some women who have lived on the streets for years. many struggle with mental illness or substance abuse, and in the end, their homelessness puts a huge drain on resources. each costs taxpayers up to $50,000 annually in the social services they use. >> maybe someone calls fin nine because they're laid out on the street. that's the cost of ems. and if they're incarcerated. that's jail. substance abuse, and detox programs. >> but the housing first model has changed all of that. it's a program that uses public money to heavily subsidize the apartments for the homeless. >> it uses the idea that you don't have to be sober or on medication for mental illness to be placed into housing. just because you need a home makes it so you can get a home. >> critics say that using this strategy by prioritytizing housing first rewards bad behavior, and it could be downright irresponsible. about you it has spread to hundreds of communities across the country because quite simply,

homeless people are not making decisions based on that. how do you know this? it is very cold out here in new york city tonight. these people are knot going down to florida and they do not have the ability to move themselves. >> they actually said there is a larger population in florida. >> maybe he is jewish. >> i would think there is a larger homeless population in florida for certain things going on in florida and the economy there. >> they are saying though for example homeless people if they are giving out the food in the park, for example, then regular people who aren't homeless aren't going to want to go. this is their argument and not mine. they won't want to go to the park. if you do it by a business and the business suffers. >> that's your argument. >> i think it is crazy. i think it is crazy. >> down to the nitty gritty. >> i feel bad. i saw this guy on gretchen carlson's show. he set this up because his wife died and this was something they did together. trying to do a good service and i think if they have a problem with the homeless community they

but i hope that as we look at homeless policy, we take a man approached that does not blame homeless people for their own predicament but looks at how we can improve the economy, jobs, and educational opportunities for many people who are currently homeless. >> you started to touch on this a little bit as the city's housing needs. what do you think the board of supervisors should be doing to address some of those needs? supervisor mar: even as we will be holding a hearing on senior housing needs in a few weeks, we did a study with the budget analyst office that shows that there is a huge need for housing, especially for affordable housing for the lowest income population, but even for our middle-income, aging population, there is nowhere near enough housing that is affordable for people, so it may mean an exodus of more working families, or seniors that are middle or lower income from the city, we must build more housing that is affordable. there is also the danger that san francisco becomes a city that loses families because it may be cheaper or more affordable to live in daly city

so we have 300 veterans living under our roof who are homeless. for young male veterans 18-24 they have a higher unemployment rate than their civilian counter parts. for veterans 18-30 years old living in poverty, veterans are 3.4 times more likely to become homeless and between the years of 2013-2014 we had 59 percent increase in veterans in the 18-24 age range in our transitional housing programs seeking assistance because they had become homeless which is a pretty alarming statistic in one 1 year of young veterans returning to civilian life. what's going on here? in this junction we can only speculate, the va states war veterans are challenged with ptsd, there are 3500 current afghanistan veterans are in san francisco and they are challenged with this. traumatic brain injury is another condition we are seeing. depending on the injury a severe tbi can affect speech and attention and memory, concentration, impulsiveness. there is an estimate of four 4 percent having severe tbi that would translate to 175 city of san franciscans with tbi and can a

homeless advocates say the country could reach its goal of no homeless veterans by next year. i'm going to have that story. >>> the crowds are a tad smaller than we expected, but enthusiastic as they hit the national mall singing and dancing the night away celebrating america's fighting men and women. the concert very valor takes off. thanks for joining us, i'm derek mcginty. >> debra alfarone is near the mall tonight and she is checking on the crowds. deb, you got a lot of company? what's going on? >> i do have a lot of company. you can see a couple people walking past me. everyone is making their way to the check points. it's three blocks still. it's really tough to get near it. we are hearing reports, the mall is filling up. there are lots of people at this point. we are hearing it's getting so busy that some people are deciding to jump fences. maybe that guy is going to be one, hopefully, if you do. watch out. because you're going to end up being contained like the people we saw on twitter. now we have been here all day. and how early do you have to get there to get a good

officials say it's helping the homeless. >> arnold abbott is 90 years old. supporters cheer him on after a run in about the law, after serving meals with the homeless on fort lauderdale beach. police served him with a citation requiring him to appear in court. >> they were gentle. i think they felt guilty doing their jobs. >> arnold began to feed the homeless two decades ago and formed his own nonprofit. feeding locations must be 500 feet from each other and residential areas. fort lauderdale joined a list of cities passing or introducing similar ordinances. many argue the laws are necessary to make sure public land is being used properly and address concerns over food safety. moving the mayors from the streets to shelters will help the homeless. >> we are not a city that lacks compassion or kindness, we feel if someone is homeless on the streets, we need to get them off the streets into the right places where they can improve their situation. >> a pastor at the church points out shelters don't offer easy access to fort lauderdale's 10,000 homeless people. >

throughout school it snow balled there and i went into the homeless advocacy project and legal aid and worked with the -- what was then the good neighborhood coalition on the efforts to get a cbmc hospital project. upon graduation in 2011 i was extremely lucky to be offered the role much the executive director of the assistance advocacy project and an organization in the tenderloin around for 30 years providing services for low income folks in the neighborhood. we're unique as a legal services organization we have very -- we're unique in we're a drop in clinic and don't have restrictions on the type of work we do. i think this is where my strength comes from and i like to see on a daily basis a wide range of issues that impact the community that we're trying to help here. we really have no issue to small policy and it's very open door so i had a real opportunity to see things from the housing to the income issues and the bureaucracy issues and my principle role is varied and i think that is helpful. as the executive director for the first two years i was the only staff member at the or

there are 10,000 homeless in broward county, of which ft. lauderdale is the center, and there are three shelters, each of which takes in approximately 200 people. maybe 600 people can be accommodated out of 10,000, which hardly means that there are available accommodations for them. there are none. even the rehabilitative facilities such as bark, people who take care of supposedly people who have addictions to alcohol, drugs, or taking care of people who are bipolar. the answer to mayor siler is the powers that be, the mega rich, the powerful who live in ft. lauderdale, which is a very wealthy area, are not willing to do anything else and get rid of the homeless. and i consider the city commissioners and the mayor nothing more than puppets who are being guided by the very rich, and told to get rid of them. and that's what's happening. >> let me ask you this, because i'm going to run out of time. father sims, arnold has a long history of fighting civil rights causes. you went with him on sunday. do you think you're going to jail? do you think

count and in 2012, we identified 9 through 14 homelessness young people in san francisco and we're no where near at that recognize without providing housing and support those young people will live lives of homelessness a young man george i've known for symptom he lived at the diamond youth shelter and is now living in one the permanent sites that is operated by larkin street i worked as a supervisor when we opened the paramount hotel is now a master lease we have over 20 young adults how dedicated larkin street is that being said people feel conflicted about homelessness overall the effect of limiting it on the sacrifices and making the problems more impactful and having the young people becoming for mental illness having the twenty-four hour facility it helps us if you look through the log book of complaints people are waiting outside and other youth waiting to come in and being on the sidewalks i know that as a result of twenty-four hours it will change we're open 74 hate street people have moved into the building i'm appreciative we're spending a lot of time with the planning depa

they are trying to do a lot for homeless, ages 12 to 24. the youth services is looking for donation of money and product. they're looking for volunteers and people willing to train homeless youth with job skills and maybe being a mentor or offering internship or anything could help lead towards getting a job. kron 4 news. >>> all right, a lot of people have been sharing thanksgiving pictures with us and we want to share it with you. a lot of pies and birds and table set. we love to see your pictures . you can e-mail us on breaking news at kron.com. we also ask you on facebook what you are thankful for this thanksgiving. marie says she's thankful for peace and health ad family and love. >> cancer is nothing nice and i am grateful to be able to see my grandchildren and hoping i will be around for christmas. that's the best gift. we certainly hope she is. we hope you are having a very happy thanksgiving. >> very nice. black friday and cyber monday, both days known for bargain shopping. which is the best day to buy. reporter rachel crane explai

state of florida is fighting to help the homeless. -- 90-year-old. arnold an you want has been feeding people on the beach in fort lauderdale for years a change has led him to being threatened with 60 days in jail and a 500 there are fine. >> reporter: in florida he's known simply as chef arnold. this 90 year olds war veteran is now making international headlines. >> ladies first. >> reporter: for decades he's been feeding the homeless through his organization love thai neighbor. and for arnold, it's an act of charity. >> we have fruit salt, cook is, cakes drinks. >> reporter: now he's face ago rest and fines under a new law against feeding the homeless in public places. his operation has been closed down twice since the new law was brought n despite the warnings or followed said it won't stop. >> i spent two and a half years in combat in world war ii. i knew what i was fighting for then, i know what i am fighting for now. >> reporter: so-called quality of life laws are now commonplace across the u.s. hundreds of cities have introduced laws that ban

one in 30 children is homeless. and in california - the estimates are higher at one -in 20- children. that's according to a report by the national center on family homelessness. the report says, in california. more than 520 -thousand kids are homeless. that accounts for more than one- fifth of the homeless children in the nation. in san francisco, two year old kaila and her mom are part of the staggering statistics. i'm just walking a fine line between being able to have my child and not people judge you as a child because of the situation you're in the problem of homelessness is centered around unemployment, lack of affordable housing and domestic violence. you can watch kron 4's vicki liviakis' full report on kron4- dot-com. in a series of storms that the bay area i will talk about the effects you used to sleep like a champ. then boom... what happened? stress, fun, bad habits, kids, now what? let's build a new, smarter bed using the dualair chambers to sense your movement, heartbeat, breathing. introducing the sle

he was such an advocate for the homeless. he raised money through comic relief for homeless people. in all of his contracts for films, he required that a certain percentage of the crew were made of homeless people. he gave them dignity. >> cho is raising money through a go fund me campaign with a hashtag be robin. >>> a long running bay area thanksgiving football tradition continued today. the high school championship game is usually held at the @in san francisco, but it's under construction. so lowell high school was the venue today. >> the high school athletes were off and running in san francisco at this year's california interscholastic fall championship game, better known as the turkey bowl. >> it's the clash of the two best city teams in san francisco. >> playing for the high school championship title this year are the mission high school bears versus the lincoln high school mustangs. >> this is a tradition, a rich tradition for lincoln high school. we get to the turkey bowl every year. >> not quite an every-year tradition, but they've won five out of the last ten turkey bowl

driven down homelessness by 33%. this reorganization is really meant to set the long-term course for the department. it's the biggest reorganization our history. and it's going to be focused on focusing on the veteran. being veteran-centric. we're going to stand up a customer service organization to help navigate veterans through our department while simplifying the department. >> that will be music to the ears of any veteran. but of course we're talking about accountability. for all the problems that went wrong with the va. on "60 minutes" this weekend, you said that you had a list of 35 senior leaders that you wanted to fire immediately. has that process begun? >> yes, it has. in fact we've worked very hard, listen, we can't change this department, unless we change the culture. and primary to changing the culture is holding people accountable, when they violate our values. our values are represented in the acronym, "i care." i stands for integrity. if somebody has violated our integrity, we going to seek their dism

. >> the 90-year-old man busted for feeding the homeless. arnold abbott is his name. he faces possible jail time and $500 fine for preparing meals for the need nea church kitchen. a nude ordnance in ft. lauderdale outlaws groups from sharing food with the hungry. >> stephen: busted for feeding the homeless in public! >> audience: booing. >> stephen: oh, yeah, booo! i'm angry at him, too. i say if the homeless want to eat they should do it in the privacy of their own wherever those people live. and this monster cannot claim he did not know better because he was doing all this out of a church kitchen. so, clearly, heenes what jesus said in matthew, "if i was hungry and you gave me something to eat. i was thirsty and-- look out! the cops are here. hide the loaves in the "k"." and i am glad-- they caught up with him eventually eye am amed glad to hear the police used maximum force to take the perp down. >> one of the police officers came over and said, "drop that plate, right now." as though i was carrying a weapon. >> stephen: oh, food is much worse than weapons in flori

at age 90 he is violating city laws that make it a crime to feed the homeless if public. and he's been arrested before. >> one of the police officers came over and said, drop that plate right now. as if i was carrying a weapon. >> why is he being arrested? >> shame on you! >> on another occasion, abbot was being escorted away to the chant of his supporters. the mayor sites public safety saying the homeless turn public spaces into open air latrines. >> there are right ways to do it and wrong ways do it. we are simply asking that he does it in the right location. >> in a face-off on wplg, the mayor told abbot he thinks they can compromise on where to serve the meals. >> we want to work with him. >> reporter: be a who the started feeding the meals to the homeless as a tribute to his late wife. >> this is the poorest of the poor. they have nothing. they don't have a roof over their head. who can turn them away. i will fight them as long as there is breath in my body. >> bad weather provided for both side today. abbot is serving meals out of a church but promised to serve on t

a huge problem with youth homelessness here. we don't have nearly enough beds for teens and youth who are homeless on the street. we live, we work downtown. this is our spiritual community. on some level it would just be pretty egregious of us not to get involved. basically torah, which is both for our holiest book and the assembled vast collection of jewish wisdom, torah, torah is human dignity. and if it's not human dignity, it's not torah. the idea of being able to feed those who haven't been fed, to clothe the naked, and to house the homeless, um, i think is probably the spiritual apex of what the torah is trying to teach. everybody here is gifted with a soul that was fashioned in god's image which is to say of divine eternal worth, of a worth that can't ever be taken away, which is the reason that if someone needs help from me, i really have to give it because they are worth in god's eyes just the same as i am. >>> that's our program for now. i'm bob abernethy. you can follow us on twitter and facebook and watch us anytime

if not for that facility, they would be homeless. we put the word out for all homeless veterans. we served quite a few homeless veterans while we were there so the american legion continues to provide outreach to homeless veterans and it remains a top riority on on our radar. host: in "usa toda" - howard schultz says starbucks has committed to hire 10,000 that's over five years and it employs a recruiter who is a veteran and understands the anxiety and can bridge the gap. what to these companies did to understand about veterans and specifically the 9/11 bets? guest: these are our nations heroes and they deserve to have a job and be able to be productive and be able to provide for their basic needs. veterans are trained in the military. when they come out, veterans need to be able to come home to a nation as open armed and understands what veterans need and provide employment for those veterans. veterans are productive and disciplined and when you hire a veteran, you hire someone who'll work for a hard for you. >> senator amy klobuchar released a report by the congress joint econo

in 20 children is homeless. vicki liviakis spent the day with one such family and is here to tell us about it. >> pam: this is so disturbing. >> vicki: this is disturbing. the problem - unemployment, lack of affordable housing and domestic violence. the new report out today calculates that nearly 2.5 million children in america were homeless last year. >> vicki: we're going to introduce you to one of them - two year old kaila. >> vicki: there are some 4,000 children in the city's tenderloin. many- living on the edge. >> vicki: the homeless may be invisible to most of us, but it is hard to ignore it's hard to ignore the increasing number of children who have no place to call home. >> vicki: in california - one child out of every five is homeless. two year old kaila and her mom are part of the staggering statistics. >>plan to be in. >> >> vicki: those other people. kaila's mom is expecting right after christmas. she left kaila's dad to be safer. >> >> vicki: they're able to sleep on the couch of her father's tiny

a state-by-state report by the national center on homelessness found 1 in every 30 children is homeless. here's a look at how our three states rank. new jersey and pennsylvania are in the top ten for the fewest homeless children. new jersey is fifth, pennsylvania is eighth. delaware ranks 34th. the report ranked each state by the extent of child homelessness, child well-being, risk for child homelessness and state policy on planning and efforts. >>> time now to go county by county, highlighting all of the good deeds and some of the stories happening in your neighborhood this morning. we're beginning in atlantic county, where dozens of families will have a thanksgiving dinner this year, a turkey, thanks to some of atlantic county's finest. members of the atlantic county sheriff's department dropped off turkeys yesterday at st. john ame zion church in mays landing. church officials say about 50 families will get turkeys, thanks to donations here from the sheriff's department and other charity organizations. >>> and this weekend in camden county, a non-profit group celebrated what they cal

according to the national center on family, homelessness, 1 in 30 children was homeless at one point in 2013, up 8% from the year before. it is roughly 2.5 million children. these numbers come just before the holidays and the winter months when charities scramble to help the homeless. one florida teen made it his life's mission to do just that. zack bonner started when he was only 7 years old going door-to-door, collecting clean water to help victims of heroin charlie in 2004. he assembled thousands of backpacks and walked from florida to the white house and across the country, raying money and awareness for homeless children all before the age of 13. >> as you can see, behind me we have a squat which is where a homeless person, possibly a child has been sleeping. they have made a makeshift door out of a table top that will fit their squad area. >> he has broken a record for the most food collected during a weekend of over a half million pounds. we are so luck tow have zack. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> happy belated birthday. it was yesterday? >> it was. thank you. >> loo

the last thing is homeless education. we had an update and kind of an overview of how we approach homeless education and had our coordinator that serves as our coordinator for homeless education. and we heard about the different services that are provided. number of questions and conversation around how we identify homeless students and how we define "homeless students?" and how we ensure that they get access to the services and support that they need? it's just something that had more recently been discussed among our community and the public with some attention given to the number of homeless students, over 2,000 identified in san francisco unified and how we as a district are doing everything that we can to both identify those students and support them. >> thank you. >> miss maufas do you want to add anything? >> we're dealing our sqis, the school quality improvement session and we had an update and i will just do a quick readout on that. it's really that sfusd staff is continuing their work to meeting the waiver requi