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Minnesotans have a reputation of being tireless and effective advocates for all children. We are recognized for our willingness to speak up to insure that all children have a healthy start in life. No one needs this healthy start more than children who have been homeless. Watch Video |
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NEW 2009 Statewide Homeless Research This study from Wilder Research found more homelss children than ever, with half of homeless children age 5 or younger and racial and ethnic minorities disproportionately affected. Click here to read |
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The Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness has released Minnesota’s Roadmap for Ending Homelessness: a comprehensive set of strategies for maximizing and aligning future work on this initiative. Click here to view PDF
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Homelessness and accompanying trauma can have a profound negative impact on all areas of a child's development. Yet, children and youth continue to represent a growing population of the homeless. To learn more, read Wilder Research 2009 Minnesota homeless fact sheet, Homeless Children in Minnesota and their Families.
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Minnesota Parents Know
Parenting information to parents about children newborn to adolescent.
Minnesota Parents Know/Help Me Grow
Referral program available to parents and providers who have a concern about a child’s development.
Zero to Three
Informs, trains, and supports professionals, policymakers, and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.
Safe Start Center
Broaden the knowledge of and promote community investment in evidence-based strategies for reducing the impact of children's exposure to violence.
YouthLink Creates relationships with youth and the community, creating future opportunities of empowerment, self-sufficiency, and connectedness.
Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness
Research on family homelessness, data and ideas that will inform and enhance public policy on serving homeless families
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Public Policy Accomplishments 2010 Public Policy Goal Ensure that young children who have experienced homelessness have uninterrupted access to early childhood education. A key strategy to meet this goal is to decouple children’s access to child care from their parents’ Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) status. February 2010 The Coordinator of the Office to End Homelessness, a cross-departmental team coordinating the implementation of Heading Home Hennepin, presented The Visible Child Public Policy Goal to the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness. April 2010 Heading Home Hennepin organized the first Early Childhood Workgroup to inform the County plan to prevent and end homelessness. Members of the Heading Home Hennepin Early Childhood Workgroup agree to support The Visible Child Public Policy Goal
2008/2009 Legislative Session The Supportive Housing Provider Group and Family Supportive Housing Center, LLC made progress toward our goal of improving outcomes for homeless young children. We were successful with the passage of Bill HF 2088 Head Start, Innovative Initiatives, which allows Head Start programs with “innovative initiatives” more flexibility, without penalty, to serve children and families who live in shelters, transitional housing, or permanent housing. Through this bill Head Start programs with Innovative Initiatives are allowed to delay receipt of documents such as birth certificates and immunization records prior to enrolling children into the program. It is hoped this will result in expedited access to quality early childhood education, critical to children who have experienced the trauma of homelessness.
2007/2008 Legislative Session The Supportive Housing Provider Group and Family Supportive Housing Center, LLC made significant progress in establishing strong advocacy relationships with Ready for K, Child Care Works, Head Start, and the early childhood community in an effort to make homeless and formerly homeless children visible in the prioritization of early childhood program access.
2007 The Supportive Housing Provider Group adopted the following legislative agenda: Close the gap for homeless children ages 0-4.
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