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Sesame Street Resources on Family Homelessness

Lily, a seven-year-old muppet experiencing homelessness, has come to Sesame Street. Sesame Street in Communities has created resources in English and Spanish to assist families experiencing homelessness and the providers working with such families.

In addition, SchoolHouse Connection has created complementary resources for use by early childhood education programs, district McKinney-Vento liaisons, housing providers, youth, and the general public. These resources provide guidance for incorporating activities about Lily into programming and conversation.

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About the Source

Sesame Street in Communities: “Here, you’ll find hundreds of bilingual multi-media tools to help kids and families enrich and expand their knowledge during the early years of birth through six, a critical window for brain development. Our resources engage kids and adults in everyday moments and daily routines—from teaching early math and literacy concepts, to encouraging families to eat nutritious foods, to serious topics such as divorce and food insecurity. Sesame Street in Communities builds on our almost 50-year commitment to addressing kids’ developmental, physical, and emotional needs. Our time-tested research model and thorough testing with families and providers ensures that these resources have a measurable impact in the lives of parents and children.”

SchoolHouse Connection is a national non-profit organization working to overcome homelessness through education. “We provide strategic advocacy and technical assistance in partnership with early childhood programs, schools, institutions of higher education, service providers, families, and youth. We believe education is the only permanent solution to homelessness. Our vision is that children and youth experiencing homelessness have full access to quality learning, birth through higher education, so they will never be homeless as adults, and the next generation will never be homeless.”

 


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Tip Sheet: Navigating Challenging Conversations

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This tip sheet from NYS-TEACHS guides the user through best practices for having conversations about housing status with families. We provide best practices for common scenarios.

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Quick Tip Sheet Series

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Our Quick Tip Sheets provide detailed information about the rights of students experiencing homelessness in a one-page format. Each guide is targeted to a specific school role.

HIGHLIGHTED RESOURCES

WEBSITES

Registration Simulation Video

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This video simulation, a collaborative project between NYS-TEACHS and the Urban Arts Partnership, demonstrates the ways in which conversation between school staff and a parent can affect the school registration process.

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NYSTEACHS at Advocates for Children


We provide information, referrals, and trainings to schools, school districts, social service providers, parents, and others about the educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness in New York State. NYS-TEACHS is housed at Advocates for Children of New York and is funded by the New York State Education Department.

Tel: 800.388.2014 | Fax: 212.807.6872 | info@nysteachs.org

If you are unable to access any files on our site, please contact us and we will be happy to provide the information in an alternative format.

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