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Over two hundred people gathered in Salem, Oregon on June 24th of this year for the Interfaith Summit on Homeless Children, Youth and Families. The summit was convened to bring together religious leaders, government officials, and educators to talk about ways that together we could address the growing numbers of homeless children experiencing homelessness while attending our public schools.
Churches and other faith communities present shared information on the enormous faith-based efforts under way currently in Oregon to help homeless families and their children. It was an opportunity to share information on programs that work and that might be replicated. There is a general consensus that the faith community must do more in terms of direct service and advocacy.
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