The 2009-2010 school year saw record-setting numbers of homeless students within Chicago Public Schools - 15,027. Luis Valadez, Chicago HOPES & Program Support Supervisor (Chicago Public Schools – Students in Temporary Living Situations), discusses the severity of youth homelessness in our City. Beacon Therapeutic (www.beacon-therapeutic.org) provides Homeless Outreach Services within 27+ shelters throughout Chicago. Highly trained and mobile clinicians help children, teens and families cope with the trauma of being homeless and support them in gaining the self-sufficiency and self-determination to become stably housed. Less