New report sheds light on babies experiencing homelessness

December 29, 2025 Seattle Times
Jennifer Erb-Downward

Jennifer Erb-Downward

Poverty Solutions director of housing stability programs and policy initiatives

Jennifer Erb-Downward, with the University of Michigan's Poverty Solutions initiative, worked with SchoolHouse Connection on the report. They used the percentage of first graders experiencing homelessness in every state and applied that to U.S. census data to calculate the number of children under 3 experiencing homelessness.