The children of the homeless and near-homeless teenagers we serve are: 3 times more likely than non-homeless children to be placed in remedial education; 4 times more likely to be abused, neglected, or abandoned; 4 times more likely to drop out of school; likely to score lower on cognitive development tests; at high risk of serious health problems; and at an 80% risk of continuing the cycle of poverty in which they grew up. 

A 2007 study shows that children who are raised in single-parent families in which the parents did not have high school diplomas or GEDs were the most impoverished in the State of Illinois—on average, dropouts and non-graduates will spend an average 11.6 years in poverty; whereas the national average for all educational levels is 5.1 years. 

Further, research has shown that, without intervention, 80% of the sons of teenage mothers will become incarcerated by age 19, and 70% of the daughters will themselves become mothers by age 16.