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Partnerships and Collaboration

HETAC Resources

Building School-Community Partnerships in Support of Children, Youth, and Families Experiencing Homelessness (archived webinar)

This May 2023 HETAC webinar "makes the case" for the importance of school-community partnerships in support of children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness; explores partnership considerations, strategies, and action steps; spotlights school-community partnerships in San Diego County; and shares practical resources from the HETAC School-Community Partnerships Toolkit.

Homeless Education and Community Schools: A Crosswalk of Partnership Opportunities

This HETAC tip sheet provides key information about the Education for Homeless Children and Youths (EHCY) program and the Community Schools (CS) strategy; recommends best practices for partnering across the EHCY program and CS strategy to serve children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness; and links to resources for more information throughout. The tip sheet serves as a more comprehensive companion piece to the HETAC’s Homeless Education and Community Schools: A Primer on Pillar Alignment resource.

Homeless Education and Community Schools: A Primer on Pillar Alignment

This HETAC primer explores alignment of the Education for Homeless Children and Youths (EHCY) Program and the
Community Schools (CS) strategy across the four CS pillars. This primer serves as a summary companion piece to the HETAC’s Homeless Education and Community Schools: A Crosswalk of Partnership Opportunities tip sheet.

School-Community Partnerships Toolkit

This HETAC resource aims to support schools and community agencies in building mutually-beneficial, stable, and responsive partnerships that benefit partner agencies and the children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness they serve. It includes the following informational resources and practical tools:

  • Understanding Federal Definitions of Homelessness
  • Navigating Different Definitions of Homelessness in Partnership Work
  • Legislative Requirements for Collaboration in Support of Children, Youth, and Families Experiencing Homelessness
  • Building School-Community Partnerships in Support of Children, Youth, and Families Experiencing Homelessness (customizable slide deck)
  • Considering School-Community Partnerships Along a Spectrum
  • School-Community Partner Inventory (customizable contact gathering and organization tool)
  • Creating a Partnership Organization Charter or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (customizable tool)
  • School-Community Partnership Meeting Agenda Template and Task List (customizable tool)
  • Engaging People with Lived Experience of Homelessness

     

Other Resources

National Center for Homeless Education: Collaboration webpage

This National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) webpage provides informational and practical resources on partnering across educational programs and partner systems (housing, homeless response, workforce development, and more) in support of children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness.