Out of Reach is a side-by-side comparison of wages and rents in every county, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), combined nonmetropolitan area and state in the United States. For each jurisdiction, the report calculates the amount of money a household must earn in order to afford a rental unit of a range of sizes (0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms) at the area’s Fair Market Rent (FMR), based on the generally accepted affordability standard of paying no more than 30% of income for housing costs. From these calculations the hourly wage a worker must earn to afford the FMR for a two bedroom home is derived. This figure is the Housing Wage.
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Date added: 12/21/04

This is the 2004 edition of the annual report provided by the United States Conference of Mayors. It is a status report on hunger and homelessness in the United States based on a 25-city survey.
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Date added: 12/20/04

This NCHE manuscript is the outcome of the first year of a two-year project designed to explore what works in reading instruction for students who are highly mobile. It summarizes the findings of a review of literature on teaching reading to highly mobile students.
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Date added: 12/20/04

This report, by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, describes a few of the key changes to the school meal eligibility determination process under the reauthorized Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004. It focuses on the changes that provide the greatest opportunity to improve low-income children’s access to free or reduced-price meals and explains how they can be implemented in ways that reduce the administrative burden on states and school districts. A section focusing on homeless, migrant, and runaway students is included.
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Date added: 12/15/04

This monograph, released by NCHE in October 2004, reviews the provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act as related to the provision of transportation to the school of origin, and provides recommendations for implementing the transportation mandate. Recommendations are based on interviews with local homeless education liaisons and pupil transportation directors from eight school districts across the country. Sample district policies and documents are included.
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Date added: 12/14/04

This NCHE brief discusses the effects of domestic violence on children and their education, the connection between domestic violence and homelessness, and federal legislative responses that help ensure that children affected by domestic violence and homelessness have stable and safe school experiences. It discusses helpful policies and practices for schools and service providers, and lists resources for more information.
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Date added: 11/23/04

This guide, published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), describes several methods for identifying, counting, and learning about homeless people who are unlikely to be found in shelters or in other residential programs within a local homeless assistance network. Information about these approaches was gathered from communities throughout the country; examples of their methods are provided throughout the guide.
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Date added: 11/23/04

This report, published by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, discusses key issues faced by homeless young adults and articulates effective short- and long-term strategies for addressing them. The report is organized around four main topics: health care, housing, education/employment, and social support. For each topic, the report offers brief descriptions of service barriers and short and long-term strategies for overcoming them.
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Date added: 10/06/04