Mckinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act

Homelessness Policy: Time for Another Paradigm Shift

Maria Foscarinis | Posted 10.02.2011

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Maria Foscarinis

The McKinney-Vento Act was the first major federal legislation addressing homelessness. And while it remains critically important, it's time for a new approach.

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'Stealing Education' Case Round II: Petition to Drop Case, Mom Still Homeless

Mary Ann West | Posted 07.12.2011

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Mary Ann West

Homeless mother, Tanya McDowell, returned to the Norwalk, Conn. State Superior Court for her pretrial hearing regarding her "stealing education" case.

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Schools For Homeless Students Grow By As Much As 74 Percent

Education Week | Michelle D. Anderson | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Monarch School, Homeless Kids, Phoenix Homeless, Children, Homelessness Comes to School, Homelessness, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, National Coalition for the Homeless, Joseph Murphy, Sarita Fuentes, Schools for Homeless Kids, San Diego Homeless, Dreams for Change, Education News

When Sarita Fuentes thinks of homelessness, she doesn't conjure the stereotypical image of a disheveled older man pushing a shopping cart through an u...

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Homeless In Seattle: Students Without Shelter Up 31 Percent

Posted 05.25.2011

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In the past year, the number of homeless students enrolled in Seattle's public schools has increased by 31 percent. Although the McKinney-Vento Act re...

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Blogging from a White House Committed to Ending Homelessness

Deborah De Santis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless Shelters, Helping the Homeless, Homelessness, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Barack Obama, Politics News
Deborah De Santis

President Barack Obama has accomplished what many of us have been fighting for: the re-invigoration of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and a new focus on ending homelessness.

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