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SchoolHouse Connection, 2020
There are approximately 1.5 million K-12 students and an additional 1.4 million children under the age of six experiencing homelessness across the United States. While many of these students attend traditional public schools, a growing number, at least 60,000, are enrolled in charter schools. Charter schools are independently-operated public…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Homeless People, Federal Legislation, COVID-19
Cunningham, Mary; Harwood, Robin; Hall, Sam – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2010
As homelessness increased among families and children during the 1980s and 1990s, policymakers created, and strengthened, the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program. The McKinney-Vento EHCY program aims to mitigate the effects of residential instability through the identification of homeless children in schools and…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Physical Health, Federal Legislation