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Early Education Home Visiting: Supporting Children Experiencing Homelessness
This brief from the National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) discusses the benefits of early education home visiting programs for support families experiencing homelessness and offers several suggested models for implementing this type of program.Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program, Early Childhood Special Education, and Homelessness
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This brief from the Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction explains the key provisions of the McKinney-Vento Act and discusses strategies to increase collaboration between early intervention, early childhood, and homeless education programs.
Program: Wisconsin Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program
Location: Wisconsin
Contact: Linda Hurst, Preschool Consultant
Phone: (262) 723-6560, (608) 266-5184
E-mail: linda.hurst@dpi.state.wi.us
Program Description: The Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction collaborates with Head Start, Birth-to-3, Early Childhood Special Education, Title 1, Migrant Education, Child Care, and Even Start to assist homeless parents in enrolling their preschool children into early care and education programs. The Wisconsin EHCY has on staff an LTE preschool consultant that works with Head Start and other state-wide early education and care programs to help homeless families enroll their preschool children.
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