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Volume 10 -	Issue 3	May 2012
Y	Inside this issue:	● PAST - PRESENT - FUTURE (ILLINOIS MCKINNEY-VENTO PROGRAMS ● SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS ● NEW FROM OPENING DOORS - POSTER AND BROCHURE FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL ● HOMELESS DATA IN SIS ● UPCOMING EVENTS ● HOMELESS CHILDREN'S ACCESS TO EDUCATION-AWARENESS BUILDING OVER THE YEARS ● ADVOCATING FOR HOMELESS PRESCHOOL STUDENTS ● STATE COORDINATOR'S CORNER - THE CHANGE-IT COMES IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE ● BEST PRACTICES - COMMUNITIES
Volume 10 -	Issue 2	January 2012
	Inside this issue:	● UNDERSTANDING THE INTERSECTION OF MC KINNEY-VENTO AND TITLE I ● HOMELESS EDUCATION HAS MOVED ● HOMELESS DATA IN SIS ● MY JOURNEY INTO MC KINNEY-VENTO ● UPCOMING EVENTS ● NEW FROM OPENING DOORS ● THIS SURFER NEEDS NO WATER ● ARE YOU IN COMPLIANCE ● MAKING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FLOW ● STATE COORDINATOR'S CORNER - THE CHANGE-IT COMES IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE ● UNDERSTANDING THE NEW DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS ● BEST PRACTICES - THE FIVE C'S OF HOMELESS EDUCATION TRAINING
Volume 10 -	Issue 1	September 2011
	Inside this issue:	● WELCOME BACK ● HOMELESS DATA IN SIS ● LOCATING COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS ● UPCOMING EVENTS ● TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ● ILLINOIS LEAD LIAISONS - MAP AND DIRECTORY ● NEW FROM OPENING DOORS - PARENT OUTREACH BROCHURE AND REMOVING BARRIERS TO TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS ● BEST PRACTICES - MARICA CULLEN ● SUCCESS BOXES
Volume 9 -	Issue 3	May 2011
	Inside this issue:	● ALPHABET SOUP: UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S WHAT, WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S DUE! - 3rd in a series ● HOMELESS DATA IN SIS ● UPCOMING EVENTS ● HOMELESS STUDENTS GRADUATING . . . WHAT ARE THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITIES? ● FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE: HELPING UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH ACCESS FINANCIAL AID ● FEED THE CHILDREN ● NAEHCY LE TENDRE EDUCATION FUND SCHOLARSHIPS ● ILLINOIS LEAD LIAISONS - CONTACT INFORMATION ● BEST PRACTICES - CROSS-COORDINATION OF FUNDING & RESOURCES PROVIDES EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN & YOUTH
Volume 9 -	Issue 2	January 2011
	Inside this issue:	● ALPHABET SOUP: UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S WHAT, WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S DUE! - 2nd in a series ● HOMELESS DATA IN SIS ● UPCOMING EVENTS ● RTI: RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION ● A GUIDE FOR SHELTER STAFF ABOUT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT AND SERVICES ● ILLINOIS LEAD LIAISONS - MAP & CONTACT INFORMATION ● NATIONAL HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK ● SPECIAL EDUCATION AND HOMELESS STUDENTS ● PATRICIA RIVERA RECEIVES SANDRA NEESE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ● COORDINATOR'S CORNER - MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE NEW YEAR ● BEST PRACTICES - FUNDING YOUR DISTRICT'S MCKINNEY-VENTO LIAISON
Volume 9 -	Issue 1	October 2010
	Inside this issue:	● ALPHABET SOUP: UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S WHAT, WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S DUE! - 1st in a series ● HOMELESS DATA IN SIS ● UPCOMING EVENTS ● LOCATING COMMUNITY RESOURCES ● ILLINOIS LEAD LIAISONS ● NATIONAL HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK ● COORDINATOR'S CORNER - STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM: THE IMPORTANCE OF REPORTING ● BEST PRACTICES - CONTINUUMS OF CARE: WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY CAN HELP
Volume 8 -	Issue 3	May 2010
	Inside this issue:	● EARLY CHILDHOOD AND HOMELESSNESS: HOW CAN WE HELP? ● COLLECTION OF HOMELESS DATA IN SIS ● BEST PRACTICES - HELPING TEEN PARENTS PREPARE THEIR CHILDREN FOR SCHOOL ● A HEAD START FOR CHILDREN ● PRESCHOOL FOR ALL CHILDREN ● SOME EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCES TO CHECK OUT ● COORDINATOR'S CORNER - UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH ● RESOURCES - ILLINOIS LEAD LIAISON PROGRAMS
Volume 8 -	Issue 2	March 2010
	Inside this issue:	● UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH: WHO ARE THEY? HOW CAN DISTRICT LIAISONS HELP? ● COLLECTION OF HOMELESS DATA BY ISBE ● BEST PRACTICES - MAKING COLLEGE A REALITY FOR UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH ● ON THEIR OWN: A VIDEO ON UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH ● UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH - SEVEN STRATEGIES ● WHERE DO UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH GO AT NIGHT? ● UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH, RUNAWAYS & THROWAWAYS: SCHOOL DISTRICT LIABILITY AND DUTY TO PARENTS ● COORDINATOR'S CORNER - UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH ● RESOURCES - ILLINOIS LEAD LIAISON PROGRAMS
Volume 8 -	Issue 1	January 2010
	Inside this issue:	● LOCAL LIAISONS-OPEN THE DOORS TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE PUPILS ● COLLECTION OF HOMELESS DATA BY ISBE ● BEST PRACTICES - POINT OF CONTACT ● HOMELESS STUDENTS - EARLIER IDENTIFICATION ● NCLB CONFERENCE HOMELESS EDUCATION STRAND & SCHEDULE ● CREATING A COMMUNITY FOR CHILDREN ● COORDINATOR'S CORNER ● RESOURCES - GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN
Volume 7 -	Issue 4	June 2008
	Inside this issue:	● IDENTIFYING HOMELESS STUDENTS ● COORDINATOR'S CORNER ● FEED THEM AND THEY WILL COME ● EMMY NOMINATION ● LE TENDRE SCHOLARSHIP ● OPENING DOORS ● BEST PRACTICES - INTO THE SUMMER MONTHS
Volume 7 -	Issue 3	April 2008
	Inside this issue:	● DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOUSING ● IWAS REPORTING FOR 2008 ● BEST PRACTICES - A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT ● PARTNERSHIPS ENHANCE SERVICES FOR HOMELESS ● SENIORITIS? ● LE TENDRE EDUCATION FUND SCHOLARSHIPS ● OPENING DOORS ● JANUARY 2008 FLOODING ● 20TH ANNUAL NAEHCY CONFERENCE
Volume 7 -	Issue 2	January 2008
	Inside this issue:	● THE GIFT OF GIVING LASTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ● HOLIDAY GIVING ● IN THE WAKE OF FIRES ● HOMELESS TRAINING ● HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS AWARENESS WEEK ● HEAD START AND HOMELESS PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ● OPENING DOORS ● LIVING IN THEIR SHOES: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS
Volume 7 -	Issue 1	November 2007
	Inside this issue:	● UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: DON'T MESS WITH MOTHER NATURE ● KIDS FOUNDATION ● AREA LEADS ● NO BARRIERS ● CPS VISTA VOLUNTEERS ● BACK TO SCHOOL FAIRS ● INSURING SUCCESS ● COORDINATOR CORNER ● BUILDING A COMMUNITY
Volume 6 -	Issue 4	April 2007
	Inside this issue:	● ADVOCATING FOR PRESCHOOL STUDENTS ● BEST PRACTICES ● GOING HOME ● STATE COORDINATOR CORNER ● OPENING DOORS ● SAD STORY, HAPPY ENDING
Volume 6 -	Issue 3	January 2007
	Inside this issue:	● 2006 - 2007 ILLINOIS TEACHER OF THE YEAR JOE FATHEREE ● BEST PRACTICES ● UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH - ON THE ROAD TO COLLEGE ● SUITCASES FOR KIDS ● WORKING HAND-IN-HAND ILLINOIS RURAL SYMPOSIUM ● STATE COORDINATOR CORNER
Volume 6 -	Issue 2	November 2006
	Inside this issue:	● PEGGY DUNN IS NEW STATE COORDINATOR ● BEST PRACTICES ● ARE SCHOOLS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE HOMELESS STUDENTS WITH UNIFORMS? ● OPENING DOORS ● HOMELESS YOUTH & THE SURROGATE PARENT PROGRAM
Volume 6 -	Issue 1	September 2006
	Inside this issue:	● HOMELESS AT THE STATE BOARD ● BEST PRACTICES ● CPS HOMELESS EDUCATION AND AmeriCorpsVista PROVIDE OUTREACH ● GET YOUR STUDENTS INVOLVED!* ● OPENING DOORS ● SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HOMELESS
Volume 5 -	Issue 4	April 2006
	Inside this issue:	'● ART IS A HAMMER' ● BEST PRACTICES ● HOW TO WORK WITH A CONTINUUM OF CARE ● WHEN LEGAL GUARDIANS ARE NOT PRESENT: ENROLLING STUDENTS ON THEIR OWN ● OPENING DOORS ● FAREWELL AND WELCOME
Volume 5 -	Issue 3	February 2006
	Inside this issue:	● ENSURING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE HOMELESS: INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT 2004 ● AWARENESS IN ACCESSING PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN ● OPENING DOORS ● THE CLASS OF "OH-SIX"
Volume 5 -	Issue 2	November 2005
	Inside this issue:	● �ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS YOUTH� ● BEST PRACTICES ● SB1931 AMENDS ILLINOIS HOMELESS LAW ● RECOGNITION BY NAEHCY ● WELCOME TO AREA ONE LEAD LIAISONS ● OPENING DOORS ● POSTER CONTEST WINNER
Volume 5 -	Issue 1	September 2005
	Inside this issue:	● �HAVE A GREAT YEAR� ● BEST PRACTICES ● A SOLID WALL OR AN OPEN DOOR ● ILLINOIS HOMELESS CONFERENCE ● OPENING DOORS ● POSTER CONTEST
Volume 4 -	Issue 3	May 2005
	Inside this issue:	● �SUCCESS COMES IN CANS� - PERSPECTIVES OF A NEW LIAISON ● BEST PRACTICES ● NAEHCY LISTSERV ● SAVE THE DATE ● OPENING DOORS ● RESOURCES ON THE WEB
Volume 4 -	Issue 2	March 2005
	Inside this issue:	● CREATING COMMUNITY AWARENESS - LITTLE BY LITTLE ● BEST PRACTICES ● CONNECT CONNECT SUCCESS ● COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY! ● AT THE HEART OF THE ISSUE ● OPENING DOORS ● LUNCHBOX NEWS
Volume 4 -	Issue 1	January 2005
	Inside this issue:	● UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH: WORKING TOWARD SUCCESS THROUGH EDUCATION ● BEST PRACTICES ● DATA COLLECTION FOR FY 2005 ● OPENING DOORS ● WORD OUT
Volume 3 -	Issue 3	September 2004
	Inside this issue:	● TEACHING AN OLD DOG A NEW TRICK! OR - WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT HOMELESS STUDENTS? WHAT AM I DOING HERE? ● BEST PRACTICES ● A NEW YEAR ● BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT WHERE? ● TRANSITIONS ● OPENING DOORS ● AREA 4 UPDATE
Volume 3 -	Issue 2	April 2004
	Inside this issue:	● BEST PRACTICES ● DO YOU HAVE A GOOD WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF MCKINNEY-VENTO? ● EDITOR'S NOTES ● GO HIDE ● NEW HOMELESS SHELTER BUILT IN PERU OPENED NEW YEAR'S DAY ● LE TENDRE SCHOLARSHIP ● DATA COLLECTION AND MORE ● OPENING DOORS ● RESOURCES
Volume 3 -	Issue 1	January 2004
	Inside this issue:	● YOU DID GOOD! ● EDITOR�S NOTES ● A BREATH OF FRESH ADVOCACY AIR ● FOUR METHODS FOR DETERMINING NEW MANDATORY TITLE I, PART A SET-ASIDE FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN ● BATTLING HOMELESSNESS ● WHERE TO TURN ● A CLOSER LOOK AT IMMUNIZATION LAW ● LEE/OGLE ROE LOW INCOME COMPARISON ● OPENING DOORS ● USE COMMUNITY TEENS TO CHAMPION THE EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS OF HOMELESS STUDENTS!
Volume 2 -	Issue 3	October 2003
	Inside this issue:	● WE�RE UNDERWAY! MC KINNEY-VENTO ACROSS ILLINOIS ● EDITOR�S NOTES ● CONGRATULATIONS TO DEB DEMPSEY! ● FAREWELL AND WELCOME ● GREAT GUMBO EVENT ● OBSERVATIONS FROM �DIANE-O-SAUR� ● PAT VAN DOREN �CHARLIES� PHOTOGRAPHER DOES ILLINOIS PROUD! ● LEAD LIAISON PROGRAMS ● IROQUOIS-KANKAKEE BACK-TO-SCHOOL FAIRS ● HOW SAD TO BE HOMELESS ● HOUSING IS OUT OF REACH ● OPENING DOORS ● GET YOUR STUDENTS INVOLVED-NATIONAL HUNGER & HOMELESS AWARENESS WEEK
Volume 2 -	Issue 2	May 2003
	Inside this issue:	● THE ILLINOIS HOMELESS EDUCATION PROGRAM - SECOND TO NONE ● EDITOR�S NOTES ● FUNDRAISER TIPS ● CHAMPAIGN - FORD EDUCATION FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN & YOUTH PROGRAM ● K.I.D.S. - ROE #21 - FRANKLIN/WILLIAMSON COUNTIES ● SWEET SUCCESS ● OPENING DOORS ORDER FORM ● OPENING DOORS PROJECT
Volume 2 -	Issue 1	February 2003
	Inside this issue:	● THE ILLINOIS HOMELESS EDUCATION PROGRAM - SECOND TO NONE ● EDUCATING ALL OUR NATION'S CHILDREN: A CAPITAL EVENT ● EDITOR�S NOTES ● A DESK FOR BILLY ● JOIN THE ZOOMTEAM! ● LOCATING BASIC NEEDS: ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS & THEIR FAMILIES ● A DAY IN THE LIFE ● SAUK VILLAGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PAY DAMAGES AND REVAMP POLICIES TO RECTIFY RACIAL AND "HOUSING ● STATUS' DISCRIMINATION ● WINTER BLAHS? ● WRITE YOUR LEGISLATOR AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING ● REGIONAL OFFICE - PERSPECTIVE OF HOMELESS REGULATIONS ● IT TAKES A HOME TO RAISE A CHILD ● OPENING DOORS ● HOMELESS YOUTH CONNECTION
Volume 1 -	Issue 2	October 2002
	Inside this issue:	● THE ILLINOIS HOMELESS EDUCATION PROGRAM - SECOND TO NONE ● NEW RESOURCE FROM NCHE: LOCAL HOMELESS EDUCATION LIAISON TOOLKIT ● EDITOR�S NOTES ● A COMMON THREAD ● TRANSPORTATION: BARRIER OR KEY TO SUCCESS? ● YOU'RE NOT ALONE ● "ZERO TOLERANCE" REJECTED BY THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY ● WELCOME . . . ● OPENING DOORS ● 10 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP CHILDREN IN HOMELESS SITUATIONS GO BACK TO SCHOOL ● FREE MATERIALS ● ILLINOIS MCKINNEY PROGRAMS ● NATIONAL HUNGER & HOMELESS AWARENESS WEEK ● GETTING YOUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED ● MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Volume 1 -	Issue 1	May 2002
	Inside this issue:	● CONGRESSWOMAN JUDY BIGGERT RECEIVES NAEHCY AWARD FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ● NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ● MOVING ON ● MC KINNEY-VENTO REAUTHORIZATION ● LOCATING COMMUNITY RESOURCES ● ROE #49 ● THOSE 'MC KINNEY MEN' ● SERVE ● HOMELESS OUTREACH ● DID YOU KNOW ● USDA MEMO ON SCHOOL LUNCHES ● RESOURCES & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

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