Homeless children on the rise around the country

This isn't a surprise, and it's related to the item on foreclosures tonight, but homelessness among children is on the rise around the country:

D.C. school officials have registered about 462 homeless students this school year, twice as many as the same time last year. Schools in Fairfax County, one of the country's most affluent areas, counted 1,314 homeless students early last month, up 20 percent from the same period last year.

I haven't heard a new count for Worcester for this year, but we've already heard that as of the fall, the number was rising.