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For assistance with homeless education issues, contact the NCHE helpline at 1-800-308-2145 (toll-free) or homeless@serve.org.

Welcome to the website of the National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE. The Center provides research, resources, and information enabling communities to address the educational needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness.

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Increasing Access to Higher Education for Unaccompanied Youth: Information for Colleges and Universities
Many unaccompanied homeless youth have higher education aspirations, but find the barriers to enrollment and attendance to be overwhelming. This NCHE brief provides a better understanding of unaccompanied homeless youth and the educational and other challenges they face, a summary of federal education legislation that gives unaccompanied homeless youth access to important educational supports, and samples of promising practices implemented by high schools, colleges, and universities to assist unaccompanied homeless youth in succeeding in college.
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Education for Homeless Children and Youths Program: Analysis of 2008-2009 Federal Data Collection and Three-Year Comparison
This report, compiled in June 2010, provides a summary and analysis of the 2008-09 state data collection required by the U.S. Department of Education of the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youths program. The 2008-09 data is also presented in comparison to the 2006-07 and 2007-08 data collections.
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The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) is associated with The SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. This website was produced with funding from the U.S. Department of Education, on contract no. ED-01-CO-0092/0001.