The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) operates the U.S. Department of Education's technical assistance and information center for the federal Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program. NCHE is based at The SERVE Center at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). NCHE hosts this Homeless Education Mailing List to share information and resources with educators, service providers, and other interested stakeholders about meeting the educational needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness. The ideas on this listserv do not necessarily reflect the views of NCHE, The SERVE Center, UNCG, or the U.S. Department of Education. ALL LOBBYING ACTIVITIES ARE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. |
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New NCHE Interagency Brief:
Partnering to Support Educational Success for Runaway and Homeless Youth
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Dear colleagues:
NCHE is pleased to announce the release of its latest issue brief:
Partnering to Support Educational Success for Runaway and Homeless Youth, available at
https://nche.ed.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/rhy-lea-collab.pdf.
Part of NCHE's
Best Practices in Interagency Collaboration brief series,
Partnering to Support Educational Success for Runaway and Homeless Youth
- provides an overview of the Education for Homeless Children and Youth and Runaway and Homeless Youth programs,
- reviews McKinney-Vento Act and Runaway and Homeless Youth Act requirements related to cross-systems collaboration, and
- suggests cross-systems collaboration strategies in support the education of runaway and homeless youth.
The brief also includes two partnership profiles, highlighting collaboration between Runaway and Homeless Youth programs and school districts in Raleigh, NC, and Santa Clara, CA.
NCHE wishes to thank their colleagues at HHS' Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) for their partnership in support of educational access and success for runaway and homeless youth served in RHY programs. NCHE also wishes to thank the dedicated local practitioners in Raleigh and Santa Clara for their commitment to partnership with the ultimate goal of the well-being and stability of the young people they serve.
Very best,
Christina Dukes, Federal Liaison
National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) |
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National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) | http://nche.ed.gov
Operating the U.S. Department of Education's technical assistance center for the federal Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program |
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