Moore, T., & McArthur, M. (2011). ‘Good for Kids’: Children Who have been Homeless Talk about School. Australian Journal of Education, 55(2), 147–160. https://doi.org/10.1177/000494411105500205

This article provides an explanation on the research of what do the school systems need to know about the experiences that these children face with homelessness in order to have better outcomes. This research began with an understanding of the viewpoint from the kids and how they view homelessness verses asking the adults. The study was completed with twenty-five children and young people, in which two thirds were under 14 years old as well as eight young adults who were between 15 to 21 years old. Within these categories of ages, it was stated that two were currently homeless with their families, while the others explained homelessness from when they were younger with their families.

            Moving forward, there were nine categories that they children had explanations for such as exposure to violence, loss and grief, social isolation, poor health outcomes, separation, anxiety, feelings of stress, attendance in school, and also making friends. Although they faced these everyday factors, schooling helped give them stability and comfort with everyone else around them who did not face the factors that they unfortunately endured.

Abdul Rahman, M., Fidel Turner, J., & Elbedour, S. (2015). The U.S. Homeless student population: Homeless youth education, review of Research classifications and TYPOLOGIES, and the U.S. federal legislative response [Abstract]. Child & Youth Care Forum, 44(5), 687-709. doi:10.1007/s10566-014-9298-2

This article is based on the McKinney-Vento Act and its impact on North Carolina Schools. It has been questioned by the school administrators in what it means to be homeless. The McKinney-Vento Act states the phrase that “homeless children and youths can mean “individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence”. This act wanted to recognize the situation through federal guidance and funding. The McKinney act was passed in 1987, which included nine titles and subtitles such as title VII and Subtitle B. The act also included the Threshold Issues in Implementation. There are two questions that would arise from this. One, “Is the child or youth homeless?”, and two “what does the law require?”. The purpose of this act was to give an attempt to improve education for homeless children. With this act, it helped create a certain guideline that the child must qualify in order to see if they are homeless and what path they can follow to help them succeed.

Miller, D., & Lin, E. (1988). Retrieved June 15, 1987, from https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/81/5/668.full.pdf

This is an article based on the studies of the health status of children and families. The study was conducted based on the idea of the health status of the children in homeless families. The study was based off of 82 homeless families with a total of 158 children. The study was conducted in King County Washington State. It was known that the shelters would allow the families to stay from four to six weeks, which then they would have move on to a different shelter. The Family Shelter inventory was created which consisted of over 170 interviews using open-closed questions. It was also stated that the parents of these children stated that the overall health of their children was 13% sure they were in fair or poor health. This article was relevant because it helped give an idea

Phillips, C., Wodatch, J., Kelliher, C., Funkhouser, J., & United States. Department of Education. Planning Evaluation Service. (2002). The Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program [electronic Resource] Learning to Succeed.

This article is based on the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program. This was completed by doing two studies that was also conducted. It had been stated that the states have tried to eliminate the requirement for immunization which is how students are able to participate in school to get their education. Although they have tried to have that eliminated, it is still a difficult task to provide education for the children since they do move from home to home from the unfortunate event of being homeless. This article also included the McKinney Act which was stated above. Overall, for this study, it was stated that they had tried to remove certain barriers for these children to be able to complete their schooling, such as giving free access to the education and also using funds that have been provided by the McKinney act. As a whole, the McKinney act had helped the states and districts try to reinforce and help strengthen policies as well as help raise awareness in noticing the lack of education many homeless students are not receiving. This article is relevant because it was based on being able to help the children that needed their education but were not able to because of the unfortunate event of them being homeless.

RODRIGUEZ, Jacqueline, APPLEBAUM, Jo, STEPHENSON-HUNTER, Cara, TINIO, Andrea, & SHAPIRO, Alan. (2013). Cooking, Healthy Eating, Fitness and Fun (CHEFFs): Qualitative Evaluation of a Nutrition Education Program for Children Living at Urban Family Homeless Shelters. American Journal of Public Health (1971), 103(S2), S361-S367.

This is an article based on the founding of the Cooking, Healthy Eating, Fitness and Fun (CHEFFs). CHEFFS was founded in 2009 to give to the homeless children and to help evaluate the effect which included their attitudes, knowledge, and intentions with this program. This article was also based in New York City, so the NYCHP is a qualified health center that gives primary and mental health care, along with case management services. The data that was collected from this research finding was based on how well the child could comprehend with the information that was given to them. They also included the time the session started and ended, how many participants they had, and also the type of disruptions they had during the session. This article is relevant because it helped give an idea in how the child’s education is and what it is that they can do to help them.

Heise, Donalyn, & Macgillivray, Laurie. (2011). Implementing an Art Program for Children in a Homeless Shelter. Studies in Art Education, 52(4), 323-336.

This article is based on a research of seeing how a art program for homeless children can help them. The data that was used to collect this information was by using field notes, analytical notes, artwork, and also interviews with the mothers and shelter staff. The research also included three themes which were managing behavior, tensions in curriculum and implementation, and also redefining success. The article also provides knowledge to help give an understanding in how you can help the children who are homeless, and it also gives information in the art area. This article gives relevance based on the fact that For Kids is an organization that is solely based on giving the opportunity for those kids who are homeless with their families, the proper and fair education that they deserve.

Di Santo, Aurelia. (2012). Promoting Preschool Literacy: A Family Literacy Program for Homeless Mothers and Their Children. Childhood Education, 88(4), 232-240.

This article is based on the Preschool literacy program. Not only does this program give the education to the children, but it also gives the opportunity for mothers as well, noting that the preschoolers were given this opportunity, the opportunity is based on giving them the idea of what reading and writing is, while with the mother their portion of this program is by having them learn how they can help their child with this opportunity in many different interactions. Not only did they get this experience, but the experience is home based, meaning that they will learn these two categories in a home manner. It was stated that how a child interacts at home, is very important in the learning environment. It was stated that there were 12 mothers and 13 children who participated in this program. The program was offered one night every week for six weeks. The sessions would last for about an hour and a half and each session was based on a literacy topic. This article is relevant based on how For Kids is centered in helping children receive education, and having this opportunity shows the same roles For Kids stands for.

O’Neil-Pirozzi, Therese M. (2009). Feasibility and Benefit of Parent Participation in a Program Emphasizing Preschool Child Language Development While Homeless. American Journal of Speech-language Pathology, 18(3), 252-263.

This article is based on examining in how the child is able to learn the English language. Not only is this based on the child, but it is also based on how well the parents are able to help increase the language strategies they were given. They would also teach the parents in how they could assess the child in this goal. In this study, there were 12 parents who were assigned in four experimental sessions using the language with the children along with a vocabulary test. It was stated that the parents who had a poor performance had a high use and performance when they were interacting with their children. This article is relevant based on how it is very affective in helping the children and also helping the families.

Lenz-Rashid, Sonja. (2017). Supportive housing program for homeless families: Foster care outcomes and best practices. Children and Youth Services Review, 79, 558-563.

This article is based on a housing program for homeless families in Sacramento, California. The experiment is known as the quasi-experimental study, which had a total of 293 children and youth who were living with their parents in the years of 2002 to 2009. The experiment had a result of 71% of the children who had experience in the foster care system. 10% had rejoined foster care after finishing the program. The goal that the program had was to provide permanent housing with supportive systems for the children.  This article is relevant based on how they were able to see the results in how many children actually enter foster care. Having these results can help with the system and give the proper care and help that these children need.

Lorelle, Sonya, & Grothaus, Tim. (2015). Homeless Children and Their Families’ Perspectives of Agency Services. Community Mental Health Journal, 51(7), 800-808.

This article is based on the idea of how these twenty-two volunteers which includes children and the families, in what it is like receiving services from the homeless agencies provided. It was stated the program was able to help the parents give the resources that their child needs. It was also stated that it helped by giving the opportunity to experience things that they have not experienced before and also help give a positive outcome for the child as well. Along with the parents being able to state what it is that they enjoy from the program, they were also able to give the idea on what they would like improved. This article is relevant because it helps give an understanding that these programs care about how they can help these families. Not only do they care about how well they are doing but they are also concerned in how they can improve the program so that way these families can get the proper help and care that they desire.