; Whereas homeless families with children constituted approximately 36 percent of the homeless population as of January 2016, and the number of families experiencing homelessness decreased by an estimated 5.6 percent since 2015; Whereas according to the Urban Institute of Washington, DC, 29 percent of adults in homeless families are employed; Whereas homeless families are under considerable stress, move frequently, and experience difficult living situations, such as overcrowded shelters or the apartments of relatives and friends; Whereas according to the National Center on Family Homelessness, 71 percent of families experiencing homelessness are headed by females and over 80 percent of homeless mothers have experienced severe physical or sexual abuse during their lifetimes; Whereas according to the Service and Housing Interventions for Families in Transition study, the majority of homeless mothers also reported major depressive symptoms; Whereas according to a 2006 report by the United States Conference of Mayors, 55 percent of the cities surveyed reported that homeless families may have to break up in order to be sheltered and, according to the Child Welfare League of America, 1 in 6 families who receive child welfare assistance are homeless; Whereas according to Doorways For Women and Families, anxiety and depression are 3 times higher for children who are homeless than for their housed peers; Whereas according to Doorways For Women and Families, homeless children get sick twice as often as other children, have twice as many ear infections, 4 times more asthma attacks, 5 times more stomach problems, experience higher rates of obesity, have twice as many hospitalizations, and go hungry twice as often as other children, and homeless children are four times more likely to have developmental delays, twice as likely to have learning disabilities, and twice as likely to repeat a grade