Educating Homeless Children
White Papers
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Educating Homeless Children and Youth
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Improving How We Identify and Support Students Experiencing Homelessness
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Homelessness and Education: Cross System Collaboration
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Educating Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
This NCHE publication provides local homeless education liaisons and homeless service providers with a framework, strategies, and tools for more effective collaboration to improve the academic outcomes, well-being, and lifelong trajectory of young people who have experienced homelessness or trauma. The publication explores a framework for collaboration that accounts for stakeholders’ assumptions, vision, incentives, rules and regulations, organizational cultures, needs, and experiences; and includes resources and tools for practitioners to use in their efforts to collaborate more effectively.
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The Challenge of Educating Children Who Are or Have Been Homeless
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Barriers In Educating Homeless Children and Youth
Impact of Homeless Youth: How Does It Affect School Development
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Publications
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Unconditional Education: Supporting Schools to Serve All Students by Ken Berrick
Homeless Not Hopeless by R. John Fritz
Educating Students Experiencing Homelessness by ABA
Meeting the Educational Needs of Homeless by Amy Hightower
Schooling Homeless Children by Sharon Quint
Serving Students Who Are Homeless by Ronald Hallett
The Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program by US Department of Education
School -Based Practice with Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness by J. Canfield
Website Resources
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National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
National Center for Homeless Education