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Early Care and Education Supports for Young Children Experiencing Homelessness from ACF
The experience of homelessness is a known risk factor for young children’s development and well-being. High-quality early care and education may help children overcome some of the negative factors associated with homelessness. However, states, communities and early care and education providers face many barriers to ensuring access to care for these young children, including challenges with identifying children who are or are at risk of experiencing homelessness.
This two-brief series provides important information about access to care for young children and their families who are experiencing homelessness.
- Facilitating Access to Early Care and Education for Children Experiencing Homelessness presents a discussion of the barriers to accessing early care and education among families experiencing homelessness, and a description of ways in which states and communities support the enrollment of children experiencing homelessness in early care and education.
- Leveraging Data to Identify Children Experiencing Homelessness examines the challenges that states and communities face in using data to identify children experiencing homelessness for early care and education.
