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What Relief Agencies Should Know about the Educational Rights of Children and Youth Displaced by Disasters. Connecting Schools and Displaced Students Brief Series

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Title: What Relief Agencies Should Know about the Educational Rights of Children and Youth Displaced by Disasters. Connecting Schools and Displaced Students Brief Series
Language: English
Authors: National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE)
Source: National Center for Homeless Education. 2022.
Availability: National Center for Homeless Education. 5900 Summit Avenue #201, Brown's Summit, NC 27214. Tel: 800-308-2145; Fax: 336-315-7457; e-mail: homeless@serve.org; Web site: https://nche.ed.gov/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 6
Publication Date: 2022
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) (ED), Office of School Support and Accountability (SSA)
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Emergency Programs, Agency Role, Access to Education, Federal Legislation, Childrens Rights, Homeless People, Agency Cooperation, School Community Relationship, Eligibility, School Districts
Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Stewart B McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 1987
Abstract: This brief is directed towards relief agencies. These agencies play a critical role in connecting families, children, and youth who have been displaced by disasters to needed services, including enabling children and youth to continue their education. The brief: (1) explains the importance of school attendance for children and youth who have lost their homes due to a disaster; (2) provides an overview of the federal law that guarantees educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness; (3) offers strategies for increasing coordination and collaboration between relief agencies and local educational agencies (LEAs) and school districts before a disaster occurs, during a disaster, and after a disaster; and (4) lists resources to assist relief agencies in supporting families displaced by disasters.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2023
Accession Number: ED628070
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This brief is directed towards relief agencies. These agencies play a critical role in connecting families, children, and youth who have been displaced by disasters to needed services, including enabling children and youth to continue their education. The brief: (1) explains the importance of school attendance for children and youth who have lost their homes due to a disaster; (2) provides an overview of the federal law that guarantees educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness; (3) offers strategies for increasing coordination and collaboration between relief agencies and local educational agencies (LEAs) and school districts before a disaster occurs, during a disaster, and after a disaster; and (4) lists resources to assist relief agencies in supporting families displaced by disasters.