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.
Download the brief.
Date added: 8/17/10

This interdistrict transportation agreement from Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education provides the guidelines by which the district of residence and district of origin will abide when the provision of interdistrict transportation is required by the McKinney-Vento Act.
Download the agreement.
Date added: 8/04/10

This webpage from the National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (VAWnet) provides a variety of informational resources about the connection between housing and sexual violence. The webpage includes resources for victim service professionals and other service providers, and information about federal laws related to sexual violence and access to affordable housing.
Visit the webpage.
Date added: 7/29/10

These Program Instructions (ACYF-CB-PI-10-11, July 2010) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families provides guidance on the implementation of the Fostering Connections Act. See Section E for education provisions.
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Date added: 7/28/10

This July 2010 brief from Save the Children provides a state-by-state assessment on four measures of caring for children in the wake of a disaster: Does the state require licensed child care facilities to: 1) have a plan for evacuating kids in child care; 2) have a written plan to notify parents of an emergency and reunite them with their kids; and 3) have a written plan that accounts for kids with special needs; and 4) Does the state require all schools to have a disaster plan that accounts for multiple hazards?
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Date posted: 7/27/10

This HUD report, released in June 2010, provides the latest counts of homelessness nationwide, including counts of individuals, persons in families, and special population groups, such as veterans and chronically homeless people. The report also covers the types of locations where people use emergency shelter and transitional housing; where people were just before they entered a residential program; how much time they spend in shelters over the course of a year; and the size and use of the U.S inventory of residential programs for homeless people.
Download The 2009 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress
Download The Third Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (July 2008)
Download The Second Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (March 2008)
Download The Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (February 2007)
Date posted: 7/22/10

This interactive webinar, recorded on June 30, 2010, will provide viewers with a greater understanding of what the McKinney-Vento Act says about collaboration. In addition, Ali Draheim, local homeless education liaisons for Green Bay Public Schools (WI), shares her experience in building community relationships and establishing and administering a private donation fund for serving students experiencing homelessness.
View the recorded webinar. (1 hour, 20 minutes)
Date added: 7/02/10