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- Refine
the thrust of this program
- Connect
homeless children and their families to services and programs quickly
so that we can be responsive to school access and success
- Coordinate
a network of local and social services agencies to assure assistance
with health issues, such as immunization and school meals programs
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Provide connections to basic skills programs and employment for parents
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Implement parent education and training programs in health, economics,
and basic skills raining for educators that includes homeless sensitivity
and services
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Provide professional developement in teaching reading and math
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Review and act to remove policies thay may act as barriers to the enrollment
of homeless children and youth
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Coordinate existing programs for children that include Head Start, special
education, talented and gifted programs, programs for adolescents, vocational
education, housing agency programs
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Be instrumental in implementing tutoring and mentoring year round
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Support before, after, and summer school programs
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Support developmentally appropriate early childhood education
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Continuously evaluate the program as a formative action evaluation to
provide needed services. Start with a needs assessment survey of parents,
teachers, and care providers in all homeless educational facilities
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Supply needed educational materials, transportation, and meals to the
level of any school site
- Provide
and assure an advocate or liaison on each site
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Establish and review criteria for identification of homeless youth
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Resolve the issue of student records, i.e., entering identification
and assessment, leaving, transferring destinations, and portfolio assessment
to assure educational equity
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Hold and facilitate regional and interagency forums and meetings
- Support
the Unified Family concept
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Provide extraodinary or emergency assistance, as necessary, to enroll
and retain homeless students in school
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