Education Rights of Homeless, Transitional Students

Wed., Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. ET

Children who move more than three times in six years can fall an entire school year behind classmates who don't move as often. In the current housing crisis, students staying with relatives or friends after being put out of their homes through foreclosures are at educational risk. This audio training from the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty covers the McKinney-Ventro Act, which permits homeless and transitional students to stay enrolled in their schools even when their home situations change. The training also includes information on how the act applies to early childhood education, special education, and higher education.

For more information on the audio training, click here.

Focusing the Media on Ending Homelessness

Engaging the media is invaluable when advocating for change. This how-to guide from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, provides methods for increasing media coverage of homelessness and poverty issues. These tools can be utilized to encourage print, broadcast, and online media even with little or no communications funding. Included are instructions for writing press releases and opinion pieces, pitching reporters, conducting interviews, effectively monitoring the media, and more.

To download the how-to kit, click here.

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