Below you will find the presentations from our 2018 Conference. They are grouped alphabetically within theme.
Please note that the presentations and materials listed here represent the work and intellectual product of the presenters who provided their expertise during the NAEHCY conference. While our presenters have graciously agreed to provide their materials to support the learning of fellow NAEHCY members, any ideas, graphics, or materials provided here remain the intellectual property of the presenters. When using the handouts below to build your professional toolkit and training materials, credit should be given to the original sources and presenters. Thank you!
Academic Achievement
Academic Achievement at the Forefront of Ending Generational Homelessness
Achieving Academic Success for Homeless English Language Learners
Student Homelessness and the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Impacts and Alternatives
Helping Middle Ability Students Excel
Increase Graduation Rate: Data Driven Case Management for Homeless Youth
Learning Doesn’t End at 3 p.m.
Understanding Everyday Racial Hostility and Homeless Youth of Color
Access to Services
Addressing Food Insecurity Through Partnerships
Coordinated Entry – PreCon Session
Different Strokes for the Same Folks
Ensuring Housing and Educational Stability for Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Children
Homelessness of the Native American Youth
Impact KCK: Overcoming Barriers to Homeless Student’s Success
Let’s Take A Walk in Their Shoes – PreCon Session
Overcoming Challenges in Servicing Small Town and Rural Homeless Students
Strategies for Helping Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Access School and Services – PreCon Session
The Help You Need is Just A Notification Away
Understanding HUD’s Homeless Categories
Child Welfare and Foster Youth
A Head Start of Housing Stability for Child Welfare Families
Changes to Requirements for Students in Foster Care Under ESSA
Empowering Youth Conversation Guides
Empowering Youth Publication – Youth Led Organizing – A Strategy for Healing
Foster Care and McKinney Vento – Ya Gotta Keep ‘Em Separated – PreCon Session
Foster Care Education – Stability and Success – PreCon Session
Human Trafficking and Youth Homelessness
Navigating ESSA and IDEA for Students in Foster Care
The Frontline: The Battle Against Child Sexual Exploitation
The Road from Foster Care to Homeless: Turning the Tide Toward Success
When Schools and Child Welfare Work Together, Children Win
You Gotta Keep ‘Em Separated – Navigating Foster Care and ESSA Provisions
College, Career and Higher Education
Campus Culture of Caring – Higher Education SPOC Toolkit – PreCon Session
High School to Higher Ed – Supporting Students through Coordinated Services
When Basic Needs Aren’t So Basic
Postsecondary Access for Highly Mobile Students
Responding to the Need of Homeless Students
Early Learning
Bridging the Gap Between K12 and Early Childhood through Program Collaboration
Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness – Head Start and Child Care
Policies and Partnerships for Increasing Access to Child Care for Children Experiencing Homelessness
Serving Children Experiencing Homelessness IDEA Part C
Young Homeless Children – PreCon Session
Program Implementation and Best Practices
A Collaborative Assisting Domestic Violence Survivors Obtain Safe and Permanent Housing
A Rural County’s Comprehensive Overview for McKinney Vento
Breaking Down the Barriers of School Attendance
Chronic Absenteeism: Make A Difference Now
Customizing Professional Development: Promoting Awareness and Sensitivity
Developing Policies & Procedures with Collaboration
Gang Related Homeless Youth: The Hood is Home
Let’s Level the Training Field
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: Invisibility in Schools
Organizing a McKinney Vento Program: Monitoring Compliance at School Sites
Planning for Inevitable Transitions – Leadership Transition, State and District Levels
Preventing and Ending Criminalization of Homeless Students
So You’re the New Homeless Liaison! Now What?
TANF Aligns with Rapid Rehousing to Provide Housing
The Power of the Exchange: Joining Forces to Enhance Programs
Understanding Dropout Prevention Strategies to Support Homeless Students
Using Data to Drive Your Program to Improve Homeless Students Outcomes
Using Statewide, Regional, and Local Data to Improve Program Services
Social Emotional
Conversations on Race, Privilege and Homelessness
Fostering Emotional Regulations Stress Coping Skills in Homeless Youth
Introducing Mindfulness Practices in School
Mental Health and Trauma Among Homeless Teens
Radical Resilience – Self Care for Changemakers
Social Work – Diagnosis – PreCon Session
Strengthening Children and Families Through A Comprehensive Mental Health and Case Management Model
Trauma Informed – PreCon Session
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
Immigration Update – PreCon Session
Intervention and Prevention Services for Runaway, At Risk, and Homeless Youth
Providers Experience of Barriers to Services for LGBTQ Youth
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth 101
What Really Works – Collaboration to Support Vulnerable Student Populations