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State and Community Homelessness Maps

Explore three interactive maps with data and key contact information to support Head Start programs in their efforts to recruit and serve children and families experiencing homelessness.

Step 1. Listening and Accepting

Review the three steps to strengthen staff-parent relationships and support parenting. Find prompts and questions that invite partnership-building conversations with parents.

Step 1: Set a Goal

Explore scenarios and find conversation starters that help kick off discussions with families about defining FEM goals.

Step 2: Identify Skills

Review scenarios and find conversation starters that help you identify skills families might leverage in making progress toward their economic mobility goals.

 

Step 3: Assess Strengths

Explore scenarios and find conversation starters that help you identify strengths families might leverage in making progress toward their economic mobility goals.

 

Step 4: Examine Stressors

Review scenarios and find conversation starters that help you identify and address stressors families might need to manage to make progress toward their FEM goals.