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Educating Our Homeless Children

Educating Our Homeless Children. By Dr. Bernadette Garam. Today, we are going to …. Define homelessness Examine what are the primary causes of homelessness What is the impact of poverty and homelessness on children and youth Examine how many children experience homelessness

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Educating Our Homeless Children

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  1. Educating Our Homeless Children By Dr. Bernadette Garam

  2. Today, we are going to ….. • Define homelessness • Examine what are the primary causes of homelessness • What is the impact of poverty and homelessness on children and youth • Examine how many children experience homelessness • Examine barriers to education

  3. We are also going to…review the • The Stewart McKinley-Vento Act • New Regulations on Homeless Education And we will …. • Study Vignettes and discuss solutions

  4. WHO IS HOMELESS? • Who is Homeless? • The term 'homeless children and youths' • (A) means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and

  5. Homeless children and youth • (B) includes- • (i) children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;

  6. are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement;

  7. Children and youth who are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; • are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement;

  8. Homeless children and youth also include • (ii) children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;

  9. Homeless children and youth also include • (iii) children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and

  10. Homelesschildrenandyouth • (iv) migratory children who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii)…. • [725(2)] • Age range: Applies to children and youth who are entitled to public education under state or federal law.

  11. Homelessness: A World Problem that You can Help

  12. How Can We Help As Teachers? Be Excellent, Caring Teachers and provide * Successful Education for All!

  13. Successful Educationfor all

  14. Congratulations

  15. Success!

  16. No CHILD LEFT BEHIND • McKinney-Vento Act 2002: • A Tool for Academic Success • Source: National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth 111.naehcy.org

  17. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Subtitle VII-B, is the federal law that: • - entitles children who are homeless to a free, appropriate public education, and • - requires schools to remove barriers to their enrollment, attendance, and success in school.

  18. Congress recently reauthorized the McKinney-Vento Act's Education for Homeless Children and Youth program.

  19. WHAT ARE THE PRIMARY CAUSES OF HOMELESSNESS? • Lack of Affordable Housing Sharp decrease in affordable housing units in 1980s Shortfall for poorest households now stands at3.3 million housing units Between 1997 and 1999, net loss of more than 300,000 housing units

  20. Causes of Homelessness • Low Incomes A minimum wage worker cannot afford the Fair Market Rent for housing anywhere in US TANF benefits and Food Stamps combined are well below the poverty line in every State Mean income of families who become homeless is 46% of poverty line

  21. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS • Health Problems -Over 40 million people don't have insurance • Domestic Violence -Lack of housing options for women with Low-incomes • For Unaccompanied Youth: -Physical and sexual abuse by a parent or guardian -Neglect -Family conflict

  22. WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH? • - PHYSICAL HEALTH • - Hunger • - Acute illness • - Chronic illness • - MENTAL HEALTH • - Depression • - Anxiety • - PTSD • - EDUCATION • - School Transfers • - Absences • - Falling behind in academic achievement

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