How COVID Has Affected the Education System’s Ability to Identify Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Pennsylvania

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From the People’s Emergency Center (http://www.pec-cares.org): People’s Emergency Center is releasing a new policy brief that explores how COVID-19 affected the education system’s ability to identify children and youth who experience homelessness in Pennsylvania. The reported number of children and … Continued

Report: PA Homeless Children Not Served by McKinney Vento Education or Head Start

From the People’s Emergency Center (http://www.pec-cares.org): This is part one in the seven-series “Children Cannot Wait” Campaign to increase awareness of young children experiencing homelessness. PEC summarizes data from the US Department of Education (USDOE) Early Childhood Homelessness State Profiles project … Continued

Report: Child Homelessness in Pennsylvania is Rising

From the People’s Emergency Center (http://www.pec-cares.org): New reports from the Pennsylvania Department of Education identifies its largest number ever of children and youth experiencing homelessness – 38,823! Highlights: The data suggests that homelessness of children and youth is increasing. Perhaps, … Continued