Building Partnerships to Address Family Homelessness

Head Start and Early Head Start programs help families experiencing homelessness move to a more stable situation by providing comprehensive supports and a healthy environment for early childhood development and by building strong partnerships with other service providers. This promising practice resource focuses on the way Head Start and Early Head Start grantees are effectively using partnerships to serve homeless children and how other service providers can build relationships with their local Head Start and Early Head Start programs. This resource will:

• Provide background information on Head Start and Early Head Start programs;
• Share highlights of how strong partnerships have addressed family homelessness;
• Offer resources to encourage Head Start grantees and housing service providers to work together to expand services for children experiencing or at-risk of experiencing homelessness; and
• Present resources to help providers connect families to other services they may need.