Homelessness – How Can HS & Colleges Partner to Promote Student Success

Homelessness – How Can High Schools and Colleges Partner to Promote Homeless Student Success
Thursday, February 14, 2013
9:30 – 11:30 AM
3 Barrell Court, Concord, NH

 

Facilitators: Lynda Thistle Elliot, Director, Homeless Education, NH Dept. of Education
Marty Brennan, Homeless Liaison, SAU #54, Rochester Schools
Jocelyne Pinsonneault, Homeless Liaison, Manchester School District

Many unaccompanied homeless youth have higher education aspirations, but find the barriers to enrollment and attendance to be overwhelming. This workshop will provide a better understanding of unaccompanied homeless youth and the educational and other challenges they face, a summary of federal education legislation that gives unaccompanied homeless youth access to important educational supports, and samples of promising practices implemented by high schools, colleges, and universities to assist unaccompanied homeless youth in succeeding in college.

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