[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 135 (Friday, September 19, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1505]
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 IN HONOR OF FAMILIES IN TRANSITIONS ``I AM ONE: NEW HAMPSHIRE DAY TO 
                      END CHILDHOOD HOMELESSNESS''

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                         HON. CAROL SHEA-PORTER

                            of new hampshire

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 19, 2014

  Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. Speaker, I was so pleased to join Families in 
Transition for the ``I AM ONE: New Hampshire Day to End Childhood 
Homelessness'' on September 4. I am a social worker by trade and by 
heart. I can remember just twenty years ago when people saw the issue 
of child homelessness as the government's problem, not the community's. 
And yes, the federal government needs to play a role, and so do the 
states, and so do the cities. But we also need people involved. We need 
these wonderful non-profits, like Families in Transition, who can do so 
much on the ground in our communities. Thanks to all attendees for 
caring, because we know that, in New Hampshire, 25 percent of the 
people who are homeless are children.
  What does it mean to a child, at the end of the day, to have no place 
to go home to? What does it mean to a child if there isn't a medicine 
chest there if they feel sick, there's not a refrigerator if they're 
hungry, there's not a bed to sleep in? And what does it mean to a child 
when they find out that the people and groups at I AM ONE are coming 
together to help them? It means everything. Absolutely everything.
  Thank you so much for the work that you do. This is a great community 
and a great state because we work together on these issues. And we're 
going to solve the problem of child homelessness together.

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