Archive for June, 2011

dilemmas of doubled-up homelessness

Much has been written about the school-related struggles of sheltered homeless families and students, but those who are in doubled-up conditions are also of great concern. Doubled-up settings provide families with few cues about how to access or mobilize educational resources (such as those afforded by the McKinney-Vento Act) and, by nature of their out-of-the-system […]

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Info on student homelessness

NAEHCY and NCHE both offer some really helpful information on student homelessness: http://naehcy.org/ http://center.serve.org/nche/index.php Also, an interesting article recently in the NYT on the mayor cutting a housing program for the homeless: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/nyregion/new-york-city-close-to-ending-key-housing-program.html?scp=2&sq=homeless%20&st=cse

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