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Table 15 shows the number of homeless students in Indian River and Florida from school year 2008-09 <br /> through school year 2012-13. While the number of homeless students in Florida has been on the rise <br /> since the 2008-09 school year the numbers have decreased in Indian River over the past 2 school <br /> years. Due to federal law, public schools in Florida use an expanded definition of homelessness in <br /> order to include children and youth who do not have a regular nighttime residence. Please see the <br /> glossary for the definition of homelessness used by the public schools system in Florida. <br /> Table 15:Homeless Students in Indian River and Florida,2008-09—2012-13 <br /> 2008.09 2009.10 2010.11 2011.122012.2013 <br /> Florida 41,286 49,112 56,680 63,685 70,215 <br /> Indian River 349 347 311 273 278 <br /> Source:Department of Children and Families,Council on Homelessness,2014 <br /> Compiled by:Health Council of Southeast Florida,2014 <br /> Homeless YOUth <br /> Table 16 shows homeless youth by age as of January 2014 in Indian River County. The number of <br /> homeless youth was little variation among the age groups categorized in the table below. However, the <br /> largest number exists among those 0-5 years of age at that time. <br /> Table 16:Homeless Youth by Age in Indian River,January 2014 <br /> Age Number <br /> 0-5 117 <br /> 6-12 99 <br /> 13-17 101 <br /> TOTAL 317 <br /> Source:The Treasure Coast Homeless Services Council,Inc.,annual point in time homeless count <br /> Compiled by:Health Council of Southeast Florida,2014 <br /> 23 <br /> ilpb - 2,5 <br />