Homeless youth face countless barriers that limit their ability to complete a high school diploma and transition to postsecondary education. Their experiences vary widely based on family, access to social services, and where they live. More than half of the 1.5 million homeless youth in America are in fact living "doubled-up," staying with family or friends because of economic hardship and often on the brink of full-on homelessness. Educational Experiences of Hidden Homeless Teenagers investigates the effects of these living situations on educational participation and higher education access. First-hand data from interviews, observations, and document analysis shed light on the experience of four doubled-up adolescents and their families. The author demonstrates how complex these residential situations are, while also identifying aspects of living doubled-up that encourage educational success. The findings of this powerful book will give students, researchers, and policymakers an invaluable look at how this understudied segment of the adolescent population navigates their education.

Educational Experiences of Hidden Homeless Teenagers: Living Doubled-Up

Education & Teaching

Hallett, Ronald E.

Higher & Continuing Education

Routledge

Educational Experiences of Hidden Homeless Teenagers

“Students who are homeless want to be engaged in the educational system; however, the trauma their circumstances produce and the resulting shame limit their ability to do so. Often, they get labeled as disruptive or truant. Though their external behaviors may appear to justify such identifiers, digging a bit deeper into their lived experiences often highlights traumatic incidents that warrant consideration…Teachers, social workers, psychologists, counselors, office staff, homeless liaisons, educational advocates, community partners, and administrators at the site, district, and state levels all play critical roles in creating educational spaces that encourage success for these students.”
―Excerpt from the Introduction to Serving Students Who Are Homeless
Schools and districts are seeing unprecedented numbers of students and families living without residential stability. Although the McKinney-Vento Act has been around for over 2 decades, many district- and site-level practitioners have a difficult time interpreting and implementing the Act’s mandates within their local contexts. 
This book provides much-needed guidance to help educator and support staff support students who are homeless and highly mobile students who face significant barriers related to access and academic success. The authors employ several different strategies to help translate complex state and federal policies into effective practices. They include policy analysis, examples of successful approaches, tools for training staff, youth experiences, and address the role school districts play in serving marginalized students. 
Serving Students Who Are Homeless can be used as a professional development tool at the local and district level, and as a textbook in higher education settings that prepare entry-level and advanced-credential administrators, counselors, school psychologists, and curriculum leaders.
Book Features:
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<li>Guidance for understanding and implementing the law and tools for training staff.</li>
<li>Case studies that include the voices of students, families, and practitioners.</li>
<li>Questions and activities to facilitate professional development discussions.</li>
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Serving Students Who Are Homeless: A Resource Guide for Schools, Districts, and Educational Leaders

Skrla, Linda

Schools & Teaching

Teachers' College Press

This book helps educational leaders provide support for students who face significant barriers to college access, success, and retention. The authors offer research-based, practical guidance to allow readers to evaluate these issues within their local context, create and implement a plan of action, and sustain those efforts over time. Vignettes based on interviews with students experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity and contributions from practitioners are woven throughout the text to illustrate promising-practice recommendations. Topics include trauma-informed frameworks, policies affecting homelessness and housing insecurity, transitioning students to college, supporting college retention, collaborations and partnerships, and life after college. This practical resource can be used as a professional development tool for student affairs, academic affairs, health and wellness centers, and other campus-based support services. Book Features: <ul>
<li> Guidance for evaluating food and housing insecurity in a local context.</li> <li> Practical ideas for designing and implementing solutions. </li> <li> Useful strategies for building a team and securing resources.</li> <li> Case studies that include voices of students and higher education practitioners.</li>
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Addressing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education: Strategies for Educational Leaders

Politics & Social Sciences

Crutchfield, Rashida M.

Maguire, Jennifer J.

Social Sciences

This book helps educational leaders provide support for students who face significant barriers to college access, success, and retention. The authors offer research-based, practical guidance to allow readers to evaluate these issues within their local context, create and implement a plan of action, and sustain those efforts over time. Vignettes based on interviews with students experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity and contributions from practitioners are woven throughout the text to illustrate promising-practice recommendations. Topics include trauma-informed frameworks, policies affecting homelessness and housing insecurity, transitioning to college, supporting college retention, collaborations and partnerships, and transitioning to life after college. This practical resource can be used as a professional development tool for student affairs, academic affairs, health and wellness centers, and other campus-based support services.Book Features: Guidance for evaluating food and housing insecurity in a local context. Practical ideas for designing and implementing solutions.  Useful strategies for building a team and securing resources. Case studies that include voices of students and higher education practitioners.

Creating a Campus-Wide Culture of Student Success

<ul> <li>Drawing from a longitudinal mixed methods study, the authors provide new models and approaches to supporting low-income, racially minoritized, and first-generation college students.</li> <li>The book provides research-informed practical recommendations for administrators, faculty, and staff about how to create a campus-wide culture that supports at-promise students with illustrations of the concepts in practice and targeted reflection questions.</li> <li>The book offers a transformational approach to creating campus cultures and scaling changes to better serve all students.</li> <li>Unlike books that draw from solely theory or reflections on practice, this book draws from one of the largest studies of its kind that integrates theory and reflection on practice.</li> </ul>

Kezar, Adrianna

Kitchen, Joseph A.

Perez, Rosemary J.

Both colleges and policymakers recognize the importance of supporting students experiencing homelessness in higher education. The challenges involve both addressing issues of college access as well as developing strategies to support retention and degree completion once enrolled.   This volume explores how homelessness intersects most social issues that marginalize individuals and negatively influence postsecondary completion, including poverty, foster care, and LGBTQ+ discrimination. As becomes evident, students experiencing homelessness should be considered in conversations about equity and access. For these students, completing some form of degree or certification beyond high school is a vital step in achieving future stability.  Topics covered include: how residential experiences influence educational engagement and retention an overview of research related to housing insecurity in higher education federal and state policies related to homelessness in higher education a trauma-informed care approach to this issue an approach to understanding and studying housing insecurity among students ideas that will be necessary for policy and program development.

Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Research, Policy, and Practice: ASHE Higher Education Report (J-B ASHE Higher Education Report Series (AEHE))

Crutchfield, Rashida

Jossey-Bass

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