Yet school offers a rare source of stability, even of hope, for homeless youngsters who are growing up too fast as children of the bureaucracy.
Today he is to meet homeless youngsters as part of a program run by the Brooklyn Public Library and speak at two of the library's branches.
When complete this autumn it will be the first purpose-built amenity to offer homeless youngsters short-stay accommodation coupled with skills training.
For more than a decade, the city has also supported the Door, a group that offers help to runaway and homeless youngsters in Manhattan.
Sylvia Gutterres sent $250 to help homeless youngsters who might spend Christmas Eve in shelters or public parks.
The number of homeless youngsters is on the rise.
Nowhere is that more apparent than with Camp Kiwago, which this summer will take 210 homeless youngsters, ages 6 to 10, in three groups.
Then he moved in homeless youngsters.
Zimbabwean music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi's lyrics have delved into child abuse and homeless youngsters living on the streets.
The association announced it would start work early next year on a purpose built home for 30 homeless youngsters.