A Family of Any Kind: Transitioning Beyond Homelessness  Saranam is a 2-year housing and education program for families experiencing homelessness. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the program serves about six families every year to help them transition beyond homelessness. Kelly Brooks, an intensive case manager at Saranam, shares her thoughts on her work with families and what she has learned about supporting parents at Saranam since the birth of her own daughter. Continue reading this featured article from SAMHSA's Homelessness Resource Center. |
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Florida Campaign to End Child Homelessness
Be a part of creating the vision to end child homelessness in Florida! The Florida Campaign to End Child Homelessness invites you to participate in a workshop to discuss ways to prevent and end child and family homelessness during the 2010 Southeast Institute on Homelessness and Supportive Housing on October 25th. The experiences and ideas that you will share with us during this session will contribute to the development of an action plan for the Florida Campaign. Hope to see you there! |
Office of Head Start Lessons on Homelessness
 The Office of Head Start in the Administration for Children and Families is creating online, interactive lessons on homelessness for Head Start and Early Head Start grantees. Christina Jordan, Director of the Campaign to End Child Homelessness, recently videotaped a session about working with families who are homeless, which will appear in the online lessons. We are excited to participate in this exciting Office of Head Start initiative! |
Websites Under Construction
The National Center on Family Homelessness and the Campaign to End Child Homelessness websites are under construction this month as we make some changes to our online infrastructure. During this period, we will be updating our Facebook page more frequently to keep you posted on upcoming training opportunities, new publications, and Campaign activities. Thank you for your patience. We look forward to re-launching our websites by October 31. |
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Take Action!
Scholarship Opportunity! Give US Your Poor has partnered with the Horatio Alger Association to offer college scholarships to high school students who are experiencing homelessness. Applications are due October 30! Learn more.
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