Picking Up the Pieces: Strengthening Connections with Students Experiencing Homelessness and Children in Foster Care. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session (May 19, 2021). Serial No. 117-15

US House of Representatives. Available from: US Government Printing Office. 732 North Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20401. Tel: 866-512-1800; Fax: 202-512-2104; Web site: http://www.house.gov

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Homeless People; Foster Care; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Secondary Education; At Risk Students; Poverty; Social Bias; Racial Bias; COVID-19; Pandemics; Federal Legislation; Federal Aid; Intervention; Head Start; Disadvantaged Youth; Preschool Education; Public Schools; School Closing; Child Welfare; Hunger

Stewart B McKinney Homeless Assistance Act 1987; Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act 2020

This document records testimony from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education that was held to discuss strengthening connections with students experiencing homelessness and children in foster care. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Chairman, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; and (2) Honorable Burgess Owens, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Witness statements were presented by: (1) Gretchen Davis, Foster Parent; (2) Jennifer Erb-Downward, Senior Research Associate, Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan; (3) James F. Lane, Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction, Virginia Department of Education; and (4) Michelle Linder-Coates, Executive Director, School District of Philadelphia. Additional submissions include: (1) Questions submitted for the record by: Honorable Lucy McBath, a Representative in Congress from the State of Georgia; and (2) Response to question submitted for the record by: Mr. Lane.

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