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Family well-being occurs when all family members are safe, healthy, and have chances for educational advancement and economic mobility. Support services such as early care and education, housing and food assistance, and physical and mental health care positively contribute to the well-being of families and their children. When families face challenges that cause stress, including poverty and homelessness, their health and wellness can be negatively impacted. Engaging families as active participants in problem-solving and goal-setting can help them identify and use their own strengths to address the challenges they face. When families are healthy, safe, and economically stable, their children's health and well-being can thrive.
This learning series includes two interactive Individualized Professional Development Portfolio courses to enhance your understanding of homelessness. Learn how to identify, enroll, and support children and families with unstable living situations.
Explore resources about the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a tax benefit for low-income individuals and families.
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.
This state-level map provides contact information for state coordinators for homeless education, local education agency (LEA) homelessness liaisons, and Head Start State Collaboration Offices. It also features resources made available by each state related to homelessness, where applicable.
This map contains poverty rates at the state, county, and census tract levels alongside Head Start locations.
This map contains organizations linked to national networks that serve families experiencing homelessness.
Learn why it’s key that Head Start home-based programs establish protocols to cope with various kinds of crises. This includes how and when to contact community partners and the management team.
Explore materials to help your program enroll and support children and families experiencing homelessness. Learn to support sensitive conversations about living circumstances and find state and local partners.
Use this resource to learn what domestic violence is and how it affects children and families. Find out about resources for children and families experiencing domestic violence.
Domestic violence can have long-term effects on children and families. Learn ways Head Start programs help families overcome the stress and trauma of domestic violence to heal and thrive.
HeadStart.gov
official website of the Administration for Children and Families
