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Leading & Educating: Omari Baye

2/28/2023

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Omari Baye, Manager of HopePHL's Building Early Links for Learning Project, participated in a webinar hosted by SchoolHouse Connection with Tracy Duarte, Director of the PA Head Start State Collaboration Office. They co-presented to an audience of emergency housing providers, education administrators, and liaisons working to support children and youth experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.
“Using Data to Advocate for Infants & Toddlers Experiencing Homelessness in Pennsylvania” focused on strategies BELL and PA HSSCO uses to actively engage stakeholders in the early education, emergency housing, and early intervention systems in-order to mitigate barriers to Early Childhood Education enrollment for children and families. ​
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Enhancing Early Learning Opportunities for Young Children Experiencing Homelessness in PA

2/7/2023

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Young children experiencing homelessness are at increased risk of poor health and academic outcomes, and the experience of homelessness can disrupt a child’s development, resulting in persistent developmental delays. This report summarizes activities under the direction of the Pennsylvania Head Start State Collaboration Office (PA HSSCO), to better understand the involvement of young children experiencing homelessness in early learning programs in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is brought to you by the PA HSSCO and HopePHL in collaboration with Grace Whitney, PhD, MPA, IMHE(r).
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HopePHL Announcement Coverage

1/30/2023

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The announcement of the complete integration of PEC and YSI was highlighted in these articles.
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HopePHL: Official Announcement of PEC and YSI Integrating into New Agency

1/30/2023

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People’s Emergency Center and Youth Service, Inc. announced their plan to integrate into one agency in
November 2019. The two non-profit organizations officially began operating as a single organization, named HopePHL™ (pronounced “hopeful”) on January 1, 2023.
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Child Homelessness in PA: Report by Nemours Children's Health and HopePHL

1/30/2023

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Originally published in October 2022 by Nemours Children's Health and People's Emergency Center. This report summarizes data on the subset of children and youth who are served by homeless housing programs in Pennsylvania. Authors: Joanne Jung and JJ Cutuli, Ph.D., for Nemours Children's Health and Joe Willard for HopePHL.
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How COVID-19 Affected the Identification of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Pennsylvania

8/22/2022

 
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HopePHL's policy brief explores how COVID-19 affected the education system’s ability to identify children and youth who experience homelessness in Pennsylvania.  

Children Cannot Wait: Recommendations to Governor Shapiro

8/22/2022

 
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How will the next Governor support Pennsylvania’s 40,000 children and youth experiencing homelessness?HopePHL and our partners have organized a campaign called Children Cannot Wait to make recommendations to the next administration. 

Continuums of Care and Head Start Working Together to Address Housing Vulnerability for PA's Families

1/27/2022

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Originally brought to you by the PA Head Start Collaboration Office and People's Emergency Center (HopePHL), in partnership with Dr. Grace Whitney.
This report contains information and key data on children and families enrolled in Head Start who are experiencing homelessness and seeking housing assistance, in Pennsylvania (data year 2018-19)
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Participation of Young Children Experiencing Homelessness in Early Childhood Programs in PA

1/1/2022

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This  state-level brief, by Dr. Grace Whitney, with Tracey Duarte of Pennsylvania Head Start State Collaboration Office, and the Building Early Links for Learning Project Team, includes overall population and poverty data for children under age 6 and presents data on what we know about the participation of young children experiencing homelessness enrolled in quality early childhood programs from both the early childhood and housing perspectives. These data and trends over time are available to establish baselines, set policy directions, and gauge progress.
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