A treasure trove of resources for school staff, youth, and families including tip sheets and training tools, webinars, “Know Your Rights” flyers, postsecondary transition support tools, and much more.
Resources include:
Información en Español (for families and students)
SchoolHouse Connection
This blueprint helps schools and districts develop school-community partnerships to support youth experiencing homelessness and their families (McKinney-Vento support). It combines research-based best practices with lessons learned from homelessness programs nationwide and in Massachusetts. The four sections of the guide detail the process schools can undertake to design and implement a program, providing tools and templates to support this process along the way.
Featured examples:
Homeless Education Resource Network (HERN) - Boston
Family Led Stability Initiative (FLSI) - Boston
The Haven Project - Lynn
Rennie Center
Based on lessons learned and questions from Boston Public Schools homeless liaisons and research, this guide provides practical strategies and resources liaisons can use to support student mental health, improve family outreach, create partnerships, leverage funding, and address compassion fatigue.
United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Boston College School of Social Work, Rennie Center
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