Homeless Children
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Title  | Date | ||
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 | A Snapshot of Homelessness in MA Public High Schools (2005) The Massachusetts Department of Education included a housing question for the first time in the 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey resulting in estimates that as many as 48,000 homeless students enroll and attend MA public schools | 4/1/2008 | |
 | District Homeless Liaison Contact List List of Homeless Liaisons per districts. Homeless liaisons have the responsibility to ensure that: | 4/1/2008 | |
| | Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NON-REGULATORY GUIDANCE) | ||
| Fliers on McKinney education rights of homeless children Fliers from MAEHCY in English and Spanish. | 8/4/2006 | ||
 | IDEA 2004 Homeless and Foster Care Provisions Nuts & bolts of homeless and foster care/ward of the state provisions, prepared by NAEHCY and the ABA Center on Children and the Law | 1/1/2005 | |
| | MA Commission for the Homeless Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless (MCH) works to address the broad economic and social issues that lead to homelessness. Created by an association of grassroots organizations in 1981, MCH is the country's oldest statewide homeless advocacy organization. MCH's policy and organizational work involves the annual participation of over 700 volunteers, over 800 faith communities, 1300 service providers and regional advocacy groups, and hundreds of families and individuals who have experienced homelessness. | 4/1/2008 | |
| | MA DOE McKinney Information Advisories, policies, priorities and resources related to McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance federal grant, to facilitate the enrollment, attendance, and well being of homeless children and youth in school. | 1/22/2008 | |
| | MA Horizons For Children Horizons for Homeless Children touches the lives of more than 2,000 homeless children each week in Massachusetts through Playspaces (educational and recreational spaces) in shelters and 175 children through its three Community Children’s Centers, Boston’s only comprehensive, full-time early education and childcare centers specifically for homeless children. In addition to direct service, we advocate on behalf of homeless children and their families with policy makers and provide training and technical assistance to related service providers. | 4/1/2008 | |
 | McKinney Vento CLCM Information Brochure Information brochure for parents and service providers. Brochure also available in Spanish. | 4/1/2008 | |
| | McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act - Flier | ||
| Number of Homeless Students on Rise in Mass. - NYT | 12/29/2002 | ||
| | Nutrition Services for Homeless Students Nutrition, Health and Safety Nutrition Services for Homeless Students Free and Reduced Lunch Free Snacks Free Summer Meals | 4/1/2008 | |
| | On school districts' responsibility to transport formerly homeless students U.S. Dept. of Ed. informal opinion/policy interpretation stating that a school district no longer has a responsibility to transport a formerly homeless student to the school of origin after the family becomes permanently housed | 4/13/2005 | |
| | Poster - "Every Child Without a Permanent Home Has the Right to an Education" | ||
| Students living in transitional housing programs are considered homeless under Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Act | 8/1/2002 | ||
