No Family to Turn to: After Foster Care, Many Youth Face Homelessness

AmeriCorps members, YMCA staff, and participants in the YMCA Member Ambassador Committee pose for a mid-hike photo at Washington Park Arboretum. Pictured left to right: Marja Morgan, Katie Swanson, Parisa Ghebleh, Kevin Hale, Rosie Cullen, Peter Benson, and Samuel Seguido. Photo courtesy Marja Morgan.

...poverty and homelessness.” This didn’t seem right. This didn’t fit in her story of successfully getting employment and housing everywhere she went in the world. “What about your family?” I...

Hungry, Scared, Tired and Sick: How Homelessness Hurts Children

Almost half of the 30,000 students who are homeless in Washington state are in fifth grade or below. This trend holds nationally. This means that these very
young children are less likely to get the developmental supports they need to learn and function
well during middle childhood. Image from Children’s Defense Fund. — Almost half of the 30,000 students who are homeless in Washington state are in fifth grade or below. This trend holds nationally. This means that these very young children are less likely to get the developmental supports they need to learn and function well during middle childhood. Image from Children’s Defense Fund.

...Part One in our series on homelessness and poverty in the public education system Written by Perry Firth, project coordinator, Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness and school psychology...

Photo Booth Advocacy: Nine Tips for Picturing Success

...on campus. This event was a first for our Seattle University Project on Family Homelessness. At the photo booth, we asked students and faculty to take “unselfies” to share on...

Culture Watch: “@home,” Mark Horvath and Three Wishes for Solving Homelessness

The many faces of Mark Horvath and his good friend, social media, as shown in the new film "@home." Original art by Haley Jo Lewis.

...Written by Haley Jo Lewis, Seattle University communications major and project assistant, Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness If you had three wishes, what would they be? Would you...

McKinney-Vento, IDEA and You: Strategies for Helping Homeless Children With Disabilities

We hope this series takes a jumble of policy and turns it into helpful strategies for serving students who are homeless and have disabilities. Word cloud using McKinney-Vento and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act definitions, created at <a href="http://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/">jasondavies.com</a> — We hope this series takes a jumble of policy and turns it into helpful strategies for serving students who are homeless and have disabilities. Word cloud using McKinney-Vento and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act definitions, created at jasondavies.com

...Part Six in our series on homelessness and poverty in the public education system Written by Perry Firth, project coordinator, Seattle University’s Project on Family Homelessness and school psychology...