Abstract
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted disparity in who gets the illness and resources to combat it. This chapter explores the invisibility of homeless children in the United States during the pandemic. It utilizes a human rights framework treaty, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). This treaty focuses on the best interests of the child in guiding all decisions pertaining to children, especially in the areas of safety, health, education, and well-being. The United States is the only UN member country not to ratify the treaty. This human rights framework indicates that homeless children’s rights have not been adequately protected in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendations for how to better protect the rights of homeless children are provided.
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