Download full textERIC Number: ED574587
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 7
Abstractor: ERIC
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Youth Homelessness and Juvenile Justice. Best Practices in Interagency Collaboration Brief Series
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE
This brief is designed for juvenile justice agencies and professionals (including law enforcement officers, juvenile probation officers, attorneys, juvenile court personnel, and detention facility staff), as well as State Coordinators for Homeless Education and local homeless education liaisons. It provides basic information to help educators understand the juvenile court process and explains why the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is a critical tool for juvenile justice agencies to help homeless youth they work with to enroll and succeed in school.
Descriptors: Best Practices, Juvenile Justice, Homeless People, Emergency Shelters, Disadvantaged Youth, Agency Cooperation, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Delinquency Prevention, Enrollment, Success, Caseworkers, Police, Juvenile Courts, Lawyers
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE. P.O. Box 5367, 915 Northridge Street 2nd Floor, Greensboro, NC 27435. Tel: 800-755-3277; Fax: 336-315-7457; e-mail: homeless@serve.org; Web site: https://nche.ed.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs
Authoring Institution: National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Stewart B McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 1987; Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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