Child Poverty in America

Stephen Shames

Alicia Patterson Foundation

Venice, CA - 40 to 100 people sleep each night in the pews and on the floors of the Bible Tabernacle Church. One woman told me, “It affects the children more than anything. Sleeping on the floor breaks you down, you start getting sick.”

Stephen Shames, "Child Poverty in America," in POYi Archive, Item #13593, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/13593 (accessed June 23, 2025).