A Guide to Ensure Equity for Students Experiencing Homelessness
In this guide you will find information on:
- Ways to improve identification of students experiencing homelessness
- Framework to address issues among students experiencing homelessness
- Reflection questions and other tools to assess progress
Create and refine inclusive district-level plans and activities that promote supportive educational environments for students experiencing homelessness.
- With comprehensive and purposeful support plans schools and school districts can be prepared to address the unique needs and challenges students experiencing homelessness face. Successful strategies must promote building capacity among staff and educators to identify students, have enrollment and information-sharing systems that can adjust to the circumstances surrounding homelessness, and advocate for shifting mindsets and culture of school communities towards awareness and inclusion.
- This guide provides an implementation framework for state coordinators and local liaisons to develop comprehensive plans that ensure inclusive and supportive educational environments for students experiencing homelessness. The framework outlines key practices, resources, and assessment tools among various areas of a school system, including access to services, policies and procedures, and school safety.
- The elusiveness of homelessness in schools makes it one of the most challenging issues to address. It also produces an extremely vulnerable student population with potentially long-term negative physical, social, emotional, and educational impacts. This resource offers schools and districts the support they need to develop truly inclusive equity strategies that welcome and support all our school communities.
This guide was developed by the Center for Education Equity (CEE) at MAEC in partnership with the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and written by Kathleen Guarino, Senior TA Consultant and Vanessa Coleman.
The contents of this guide were developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.
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