This is what we've been up to!

There have been remarkable bipartisan efforts across the United States focusing on legislative actions to support children and youth experiencing #homelessness in the first quarter of 2024. ➡️ See key highlights across seven priority areas: bit.ly/3xLak8v

A rare non-work post: if you live in or are visiting the DC area, don’t miss Artomatic - a FREE utterly unique arts event, 5 days/week, til April 28. Over 800 visual artists fill 7 floors of an empty office building at 2100 M ST NW. I’m in room 224. artomatic.org

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Anyone care to locate our home town Celebrity and bring him to Artomatic? With 8 floors of art in a former office building at 2100 M St NW, he should be here! On view thru 4/28. Free workshops, live music & more! artomatic.org

We're proud to have contributed to American Bar Association's “Model State Statutes: Youth and Young Adult Homelessness” - a groundbreaking publication co-authored by SchoolHouse Connection + 9 other orgs, informed by youth & young adults with lived experience.

📘bit.ly/48ONlYb
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1M+ children ages birth-6 are experiencing homelessness. While today marks the end of Week of the Young Child #WOYC24 , our collaborative work advocating for our youngest continues! Thank you NAEYC for spotlighting the importance of early learning.
👶schoolhouseconnection.org/earlychildhood

Thank you Welcoming America for having us! And thank you to all who participated in our session yesterday on supporting immigrant students experiencing homelessness through school-community partnerships.

📄 schoolhouseconnection.org/immigration
📺 Webinar Replay: youtu.be/hZOxoN_HQB4

.Michigan League for Public Policy's policy director writes about a new report from SchoolHouse Connection & Poverty Solutions that found 90.8% of the 7,595 Michigan toddlers & infants experiencing homelessness are unserved by early childhood programs. Read the column The Alpena News: myumi.ch/bEVjd

Attention Chicago families: Preschool enrollment is now open!

Have questions or need support with the application? CCH can help! Call Education Attorney Alyssa Phillips at 872-588-6800, or email Alyssa at [email protected]

Our new report - Innovation in Philadelphia: A Report on Supporting Infants-Toddlers Experiencing Homelessness – can be viewed online at bit.ly/HopePHLHomeVis…

Our new report is now ready for you! Innovation in Philadelphia: A Report on Supporting Infants-Toddlers Experiencing Homelessness – can be viewed online at bit.ly/HopePHLHomeVis…

When it comes to jobs, education matters. Unemployment rate for workers w/a BA or more is 2.1%. The rate rises as educational attainment decreases. For workers w/o a HS diploma the rate is 4.9%. #JobsReport bls.gov/news.release/e… Meredith Dodson Believe in Students Larry Sabato

🚨 FY25 budget Action Alert! Urge your U.S. Rep to sign on to bipartisan House “Dear Colleague” letter supporting $800M for the McKinney-Vento Act's Education for Homeless Children and Youth & $304M for the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act programs.
✍️ bit.ly/43vWm6g

I am proud to be a founder of the Southeast Michigan Omega Foundation. We just launched our fundraiser to help send young Black males from SE MI I to college! Consider supporting the SMOFI 20 Pearls Challenge in any amount you can! smofi.org/campaigns/2024…

👋 June 1 is our 2025 Scholarship application deadline! Students starting college (4 year, CC, trade school) for the 1st time in 25-26 academic year can apply. This applies to high school juniors or high school seniors planning to take a gap year.
🎓 ✍️ schoolhouseconnection.org/scholarship

'Among the hardest student groups to help are unaccompanied 17-year-olds, who are too old for assistance from Child Protective Services and too young for adult shelters. It can take up to five days to find places for those students to sleep, Marshall said.'

⏰ Our updated ARP-HCY page offers TONS of resources to help serve some of our nation’s most vulnerable students, before this year's spending deadline! 🚨 Find info on allowable uses, spending timeline tools and checklists, and more!
🔗 ➡️ schoolhouseconnection.org/arp-hcy.

Last week, Horizons hosted a roundtable discussion and press conference with city officials, advocates, and Horizons parents to discuss the local impact of new federal funding. masslive.com/news/2024/03/b…

Michigan recently passed legislation to:
✅ Minimize educational disruptions for foster children
✅ Improve data collection on students in foster care
✅ Ensure education provided in residential facilities aligns with graduation standards
michiganchronicle.com/turning-the-pa…

Join us! We are offering information and recommendations on infants and toddlers experiencing homelessness. HopePHL