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Young Child Homelessness Outreach Project of North Carolina
Supporting Unhoused Children Right Now with the Resources They Need for Stability
The intended impact of The Young Child Homelessness Outreach Project of North Carolina is to ensure that children in families experiencing homelessness have positive childhood experiences and stability that help build resilience.
We can work better together. If services and supports are better integrated, systems work better in real time to address the unique needs of children when facing homelessness.
We can lower the barriers to care for children birth – 12. Access to high-quality child care and subsidies support whole families, helping parents begin to find solutions — employment, education, healthcare — when their children are cared for by people who understand their needs.
We can start today. Positive childhood experiences build resilience. These can’t wait for more money or housing or policy change.
Partners for Impact is contracted to work with family service providers across the state that have local connections with families who are in temporary housing or who are unhoused.
- In at least three focused outreach communities per year, we are strengthening relationships and capacity of family service providers. We are helping to connect across early childhood and homeless services.
- We are building a statewide database of service providers, providing broad education through electronic communications and informative newsletters (see below).
- We will evaluate our efforts along with other aspects of the project, as well as gather data from families and direct service providers.
Focused Outreach Counties: Edgecombe/Nash, Catawba, Chatham, Forsyth, Guilford and Wake.
Statewide Outreach
Young Child Homelessness Journal of North Carolina Newsletters
Sign up for this quarterly informative e-news journal with accurate and helpful articles and resources to support addressing the needs of young children experiencing homelessness RIGHT NOW.
Resources
Week 1
Sample caption: The Difficult Truth: Young Children Are Unhoused. Nationally, over 1.4 million children experienced homelessness during the 2021-2022 school year. Closer to home, North Carolina reported nearly 40,000 Pre-K – 12th Grade students experiencing homelessness in 2024-2025. This includes approximately 1,500 children sleeping outside (4% of unhoused students).
Hashtags: #NCHomelessnessCrisis #YoungChildHomelessness
Week 2
Sample caption: Children experiencing homelessness are among the most vulnerable individuals. Losing a home means losing safety, privacy, friends, pets, possessions and reassuring routines. These losses create a profound and lasting impact. We must listen to their silent struggle.
Hashtags: #InvisibleChildren #ChildVulnerability
Week 3
Sample Caption: Housing is the ultimate answer, but positive childhood experiences (PCEs) build resilience right now. PCEs can change a child’s life momentum. Encourage things like: feeling supported by family during difficult times, enjoying community traditions and having at least two non-parent adults taking a genuine interest in them. We can start today.
Hashtags: #PCEsBuildResilience #PositiveChildhoodExperiences
Download social media graphics for the full campaign at the link below.
- Issue 6 | March 2026: Healthy Outcomes for Positive Experiences; Healing Through Positive Experiences; Families Need Stability
- Issue 5 | January 2026: Child Care Subsidy Webinar; Year 1 Outreach Learnings; Homeless and Invisible
- Issue 4 | December 2025: Accepting Responsibility; Who We Are, Intended Impact, Project Model, Statewide Outreach and Local Outreach; Webinar Information
- Issue 3 | October 2025: Understanding Child Care Subsidy for Children Experiencing Homelessness in NC; 2025 Fact Sheet Educating Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness; Common Signs of Homelessness in School-Age Children
- Issue 2 | August 2025: No Child Should Be Homeless; CCR&R Council; Whole Child, Whole Family, Whole System Webinar Series
- Issue 1 | May 2025: The Difficult Truth; What We Know Right Now; Positive Beats Negative
Webinars
Early Years is committed to supporting the rights of young children and their families to have the best possible life through research, services and advocacy. Visit Early Years’ Bringing Families Home for their work to support families experiencing homelessness.
