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Marshall, Joanne M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
The Boone Hope Foundation has given away over $130,000 in gift cards, rent checks, and eyeglasses--all targeted to help students with emergency needs related to food, clothing, shelter, and healthcare in its rural Iowa community. This is the story of teachers from a typical Midwestern school--relatively small and certainly not affluent--who have…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Student Needs, Homeless People
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1994
Developed by Iowa educators, this guide contains 23 sample lessons that offer guidelines for addressing the issue of homelessness with students in grades 1-12. The lesson plans were developed for varying age and ability levels, and slight changes can make them usable in a variety of settings to accomplish many different purposes. Resources are…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Responsibility, Community Role, Disadvantaged
Richardson, Brad B.; Landsman, Miriam J. – 1996
The causes and consequences of homelessness have been the subject of considerable social science research. This report details recovery from homelessness, or "exits from homelessness," through analysis of descriptive demographic data and correlation of success rates with participant behavior and intervention context. The 2-year…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Crisis Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged