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NAEHCY PowerPoint Library - Young Children

SETTING THE CONTEXT

Compared with housed poor children, young children experiencing homelessness have more developmental delays, health problems, and other challenges. Yet homeless children face unique barriers to enrolling and participating in preschool. This is especially troubling in light of the fact that over 40% of children living in homeless shelters are under the age of five, and therefore at an age where early childhood education can have a significant positive impact on their development and future academic achievement. This page provides resources on laws, policies, and other materials relevant to early childhood education and young homeless children.

NAEHCY RESOURCES

Pre-School Children and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

This one-page document lists the legislative references to serving young homeless children contained in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
Download the document.

Summary of Head Start Provisions on Homelessness and Foster Care

This two-page brief contains a summary of the provisions in the Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 that refer to children and youth experiencing homelessness or in foster care.
Download the brief.

OTHER RESOURCES

Horizons for Homeless Children

Horizons for Homeless Children, a Massachusetts-based service and advocacy organization, works to improve the lives of homeless children and their families. Horizons provides homeless children in Massachusetts with the nurturing, stimulation and opportunities for early education and play that all children need to learn and grow in healthy ways. Horizons also provides leadership in advocating for homeless children and their families through leveraging and sharing expertise with others and advocating with policy makers and the public.
Visit Horizons on the web.

National Center for Homeless Education: Preschool/Early Childhood

The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) serves as the information and technical assistance center for the U.S. Department of Education's Education for Homeless Children and Youth program.
Visit NCHE's Preschool/Early Childhood resource page.