Further Reading
Advocacy Organizations & Shelters
Empire State Coalition
Covenant House
Homes for the Homeless
Safe Horizon
Coalition for the Homeless
The Partnership for the Homeless
The National Network for Youth
Legal, Research & Policy Institutes
Institute for Children and Poverty
National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University
National Center for Homeless Education
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (also has a very useful FAQ section on the educational rights of homeless children and youth here)
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Government Agencies
New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS)
U.S. Department of Education, Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program
The Ohio Department of Education has a useful collection of resources about the McKinney-Vento Act here.
Other Journalism Sites & Sources
Coalition for the Homeless – Blog
The Homeless Guy – Blog from a homeless man in Tennessee
NYTimes stories and resources on homelessness
Homelessness and Citizen Journalism – change.org
Spot.us journalism project on ending homelessness
Homeless in Columbia, SC: Two journalists try living on the streets
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness:
Alliance Online News
Daily news clips from around the country
