Students Draft Homeless Children Bill

By: Cadonna Dory

November 4, 2009 2:48 PM

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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) introduced legislation that USC School of Social Work students developed that mandates federal agencies reprioritize their funding to help keep homeless children housed with their parents whenever possible.

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