Meeting the Needs of Families with Young Children Experiencing Homelessness Fact Sheets
November 28, 2018
In Home, Together, we focus on strategies to ensure that homelessness is a rare, brief, and one-time experience. In order to achieve that goal, national, state, and local partners must work across sectors to build a coordinated community response that addresses the strengths and needs of individuals and families.
- Supporting a whole-family approach by developing and strengthening partnerships across early childhood and housing programs and systems that focus on the strengths and needs of both parents and children
- Enhancing early childhood program and system integration with the continuum of care’s coordinated entry process
- Improving, leveraging, and integrating early childhood homelessness data into community-wide planning efforts to serve families experiencing homelessness
A total of six fact sheets, which will be published in stages, are intended for early care and education providers and housing and homelessness services providers, including:
Early Care and Education:
- Early Head Start/Head Start programs
- Child care agencies and local providers
- Preschool providers
- Home visiting service providers
- Providers of early intervention and special education (Parts B and C of the IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) services for preschool-aged children
Homelessness and Housing:
- Continuum of care partners and homelessness assistance providers
- Public housing authorities and housing choice voucher administrators
- Multi-family housing program administrators and landlords
- Emergency shelter providers
- Drop-in center providers and street outreach providers
