News and Updates
Flexing the Flexibility of ARP-HCY Funding Series: Making the Most of Federal Relief Dollars to Help Students Experiencing Homelessness
This series highlights some specific uses of ARP-HCY funds; explains why these uses may be beneficial for students experiencing homelessness; provides strategies to address common concerns; and highlights how some school districts are using ARP-HCY funds for these purposes.
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Why We Use the Phrase “Experiencing Homelessness”
Why we've made an intentional choice to use "experiencing homelessness" rather than "unhoused," "houseless, or "housing insecurity" when communicating about homelessness.
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Critical Connections: Ensuring Mental Health Services for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Homelessness is caused by traumatic events, and often leads to traumatic events, creating compounding layers of complex trauma that have serious consequences, often having a significant impact on...
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The Education of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness: Current Trends, Challenges, and Needs
This fact sheet includes the current trends, challenges, and need of children and youth experiencing homelessness.
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Seen and Served: How Dedicated Federal Funding Supports the Identification of Students Experiencing Homelessness
Millions of children in the United States are impacted by homelessness, a rapidly escalating crisis that demands prompt action. This article highlights the numerous obstacles faced by homeless students and offers policy recommendations to address their needs.
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Tips for Homeless Higher Education Liaisons
Many institutions of higher education are designating liaisons for students experiencing homelessness. Similar to their counterparts in K-12 education, homeless higher education liaisons support students by connecting them to available resources on and off-campus, and removing barriers to their college retention and success. This tip sheet provides basic strategies for homeless higher education liaisons.
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Identifying Students Experiencing Homelessness
This resource provides strategies and considerations for liaisons to ensure students are identified as soon as possible, as well as a framework for liaisons to use after a student has been identified as experiencing homelessness.
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Progress and Promise: An Early Look at COVID Relief Funds for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness
This report from SchoolHouse Connection provides an early look at how some school districts across the country are using or planning to use their ARP-HCY funds to identify and serve students experiencing homelessness, as well as how state education agencies are using funds reserved for statewide activities. Based on early data, the number of school districts receiving funds for homeless students will increase more than six-fold. This means many schools that have never received specific support to respond to student homelessness will now be able to do so.
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Immigrant Students Experiencing Homelessness: Liaisons’ Strategies
Click Here to Download the PDF Four Homeless Liaisons’ Strategies to Support Immigrant and Migrant Students Experiencing Homelessness August 2022 An increasing number of families and youth are...
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Strategies for Supporting Immigrant and Migrant Students Experiencing Homelessness
This resource provides an overview of the rights of immigrant, migrant, and undocumented children and youth; strategies and best practices for supporting immigrant and migrant children, youth, and families; and ideas for using American Rescue Plan-Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) funds to serve these populations.
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