Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: The Children’s Services Council of Broward County has approved a $30,000 challenge grant and staff support to help Broward County Schools social workers provide more than 4,000 backpacks with school supplies, uniforms and shoes to students identified as ” living in unstable conditions” in preparation for the 2012-13 school year. Too often, because these children are not classified as “homeless,” they are the ones that fall through the cracks.
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