Transcript Strategies for Meeting the Educational Needs of Children

 Causes
 Poverty
 Substance Abuse
 Domestic
Violence
 Mental Illness
 Affordable
Housing
 Physical Illness
 Economic crises
 Impact
 Greater
absenteeism
 Developmental
delays 4 times rate
reported for
housed children
 Learning
disabilities
identified at
double the rate
 Twice as likely to
repeat a grade
 8% physically abused (2x)
 8% sexually abused (3x)
 35% subject of child protection investigation
 24% witnessed violence within the family

NCFH, 1999
 More than 3 times as many homeless
children are in households where adults hit
and throw things compared to middle class
families.

NCFH, 2009
how children and adults think, feel, behave,
and relate to others.
Traumatic stresses are cumulative and
increase the risk of developing health,
behavioral, and social problems as adults
Browne, et al., 2009
 50% to 83% of homeless youths have
experienced physical or sexual abuse
 History of physical and sexual abuse is
a risk factor for suicide attempts in
homeless youths 1 and mental health
problems, such as depression, conduct
disorder, and trauma symptoms 2

Student Interviews: How do People Become Homeless? | Alliance for Excellent Education
Education for Homeless Children and
Youths (EHCY)
School is the most normal activity that
most children experience collectively…For
homeless children it is much more than a
learning environment. It is a place of
safety, personal space, friendships, and
support.
Oakley & King, 2000
 An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and
adequate nighttime residence, including
children and youth :
 sharing housing due to loss of housing or
economic hardship
 living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or
camping grounds due to lack of
alternative adequate housing
 living in emergency or transitional
housing
Including children and youth :
 abandoned in hospitals
 awaiting foster care
 having a primary nighttime residence
that is a public or private place not
designed for, or ordinarily used as,
regular sleeping accommodations
 living in cars, parks, public spaces,
abandoned buildings, substandard
housing, bus or train stations
 migratory students meeting the
description
 unaccompanied youth meeting the
description
 Appoint a local homeless education
liaison in every LEA
 For Virginia liaisons, visit:
 www.wm.edu/hope
 Provide outreach and coordination to
identify students
 Enroll students immediately in local
school OR
 Maintain student enrollment in the
school of origin when feasible and in the
student’s best interest
 Includes transportation
 Even across school division lines
Get the student enrolled and
keep the student enrolled!
 2 million people annually – ½
children
 1.5 million children – one in fifty
experience homelessness (NCFH)
 939,903 in SY 2009-10, an 18%
increase over the three-year period SY
2007-08
 NCHE State Profile Pages
• PreK-12 – 16,420
• PreK – 490 (enrolled)
• Elementary – 8,574
• Middle – 3,250
• High –4,106
Hyperlink:
NCHE State Profile Pages
Primary Nighttime Residence
Virginia 2010-11
Doubled Up
Shelters
Hotels/Motels
Unsheltered
3%
15%
13%
69%
Total Students Identified as Homeless
18,000
16,000
14,000
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
-
2005- 2006- 2007- 2008- 2009- 201006
07
08
09
10
11
Total Students
10,364 9,898 11,776 12,678 14,223 16,420
One Year Change
-4%
19%
8%
12%
15%
Cummulative Change
-4%
14%
22%
37%
58%
 45% of children living in
homeless shelters in Virginia
are under the age of five.
 2500 children under five were
reported by VDHCD in
emergency, domestic violence
and transitional programs for
FY 2008
# UHY Reported by Subgrants
1400
1248
1200
1000
862
800
494
600
400
200
139
154
228
271
311
0
798%increase from 2003-04 to present
Virginia On-time Graduation Rate
90
82.1
80
70
66.5
59.8
86.6
85.5
83.2
71.4
65.9
61.7
70.9
65.8
57.7
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2008
State
2009
Homeless
2010
2011
Homeless Anytime
 NAEHCY – www.naehcy.org
 NCHE - www.serve.org/nche
 NLCHP - www.nlchp.org
 NLIHC – www.nlihc.org
 Project HOPE-VA: www.wm.edu/hope
 USDE -
www.ed.gov/programs/homeless/index.ht
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 HUD - www.hudhre.info/
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And miles to go
before I sleep;
and miles to go
before I sleep.
Robert Frost
Project HOPE-Virginia
The College of William & Mary
P. O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187
757-221-7776
877-455-3412 (toll free)
757-221-5300 (fax)
[email protected]
www.wm.edu/hope