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Download full textRP Group, 2023
In spring 2023, The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (The RP Group) partnered with the CEO Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce of the Community College League of California (CCLC) to assist in survey data collection efforts and provide updated data trends regarding California Community College (CCC)…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Needs, Food, Housing
Peer reviewedEspinoza, Daniel; Griffith, Michael; Burns, Dion; Shields, Patrick M. – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
Approximately 1.3 million public school students in the United States were identified by their schools or districts as experiencing some form of homelessness in 2019-20. The housing instability faced by these students is associated with a range of acute needs, including transportation, food security, health care, and emotional and mental health.…
Descriptors: Students, Public Schools, Homeless People, Student Experience
SchoolHouse Connection, 2023
In the 2020-2021 school year, more than 25 million children and youth -- roughly half of all elementary and secondary students in the United States -- attended schools in school districts that lacked dedicated funding to identify and support students experiencing homelessness. This significant funding gap increases the likelihood that many…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Homeless People, Identification
Direct linkSandy D. Dawoud – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative study explored the needs and experiences of college students who have aged out of the foster care system and facing housing instability at a large public institution. The study explores the participants' pre-college experiences and college journey to identify challenges they faced, sources of support, and unmet needs impacting…
Descriptors: College Students, Foster Care, Homeless People, Student Needs
Stacie M. Gomez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Purpose: The aim of this project is to determine if the development and implementation of an independent living skills workshop would improve the perceived competence of unhoused youth in performing independent living skills. Methods: The Casey Life Skills Short Assessment was used as a pre-test and post-test. It was found that unhoused young…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Youth, Homeless People, Daily Living Skills
Harshini Shah; Louisa Tarullo – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2023
The Head Start REACH: Strengthening Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Approaches with Families project is focused on understanding the eligibility, recruitment, selection, enrollment, and attendance/retention (ERSEA) approaches that Head Start programs use to engage Head Start--eligible families experiencing adversities. One of the…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Infants, Preschool Children, Poverty
Melissa D. Olfert; Rebecca L. Hagedorn-Hatfield; Bailey Houghtaling; Monica K. Esquivel; Lanae B. Hood; Lillian MacNell; Jessica Soldavini; Maureen Berner; Mateja R. Savoie Roskos; Melanie D. Hingle; Georgianna R. Mann; Julia F. Waity; Linda L. Knol; Jennifer Walsh; Valerie Kern-Lyons; Christopher Paul; Keith Pearson; Jeannine R. Goetz; Marsha Spence; Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves; Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett; J. Porter Lillis; E. Brooke Kelly; Adam Hege; Mary Catherine Fontenot; Patricia Coleman – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: To quantify the number and type of students failing to secure basic needs. Participants: Students attending 22 postsecondary schools in the United States in Fall 2019. Methods: The Adult Food Security Module and part of the #RealCollege Survey were used to measure food and housing insecurity, respectively. Logistic and linear…
Descriptors: College Students, Hunger, Housing, Homeless People
Morgan, Hani – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2021
Though the number of American students who are homeless has surged, identifying them and providing the assistance they need is difficult. The author explores the problem and offers strategies and resources for educators.
Descriptors: Homeless People, Low Income Students, Inclusion, Identification
Alethea Wright – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act requires that students experiencing homelessness are provided with a free, appropriate public education and requires states and districts to address the barriers and challenges they may experience (42 U.S.C. §11431 et seq.). Implementation occurs largely at the state and local levels by…
Descriptors: Principals, Homeless People, Federal Legislation, Professional Development
Mary K. Fagan – Urban Education, 2024
Access to books and storybook reading contribute to children's language, literacy and academic development. Homeless children often experience delays in these areas of development; however, their access to books and storybook reading is understudied. This study of 24 children in a family homeless shelter and 27 housed children in the same urban…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Access to Education, Story Telling, Story Reading
Sarita Cargas; Tammy Thomas – International Journal of Human Rights Education, 2024
There have now been fifteen years of research on the basic needs of college students in the U.S. The studies have primarily focused on assessing the prevalence of food and housing insecurity. Determining who is responsible and finding solutions have been less emphasized. The scholarship has also not framed the problems of students' basic needs…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Civil Rights, Hunger
National Center for Homeless Education, 2022
For youth separated from their parents or guardians because of a disaster, school provides a stable and secure environment, offering structure and supports to help them overcome the trauma they have experienced and regain their academic, social, and emotional footing. Therefore, schools and school districts or local educational agencies (LEAs) and…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Natural Disasters, Homeless People, Federal Legislation
Audrey Erazo-Trivino – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative research study consisted of nine face-to-face interviews with unaccompanied youth (UY) living in homelessness and receiving services from a New York City (NYC) based Drop-In Center. Drop-In Centers are funded by the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development and designed to provide a continuum of services for youth who are…
Descriptors: Youth, Homeless People, School Psychologists, School Psychology
Ashton, Valerie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Child and youth homelessness is a complex topic area for researchers. There are many facets to the homelessness phenomenon, especially among children and youth. Yet, over the past decade, this topic area has created a research and practicum platform for researchers and actors and followers who are passionate and interested in exploring this social…
Descriptors: Youth, Homeless People, Academic Achievement, Leaders
De Oliveira, Bruno – Qualitative Research Journal, 2023
Purpose: How can people with lived experiences of marginalisation actively participate in contesting their marginalisation? This article aims to review the literature on PAR as a research approach. It will first describe what PAR means and consider this approach's particular features. The paper will go on to explore the advantages, limitations and…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Action Research, Research Methodology, Program Effectiveness
