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Creating and Strengthening Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA)-K12 Education Partnerships to Serve Families Experiencing Homelessness

The American Rescue Plan includes billions of dollars for the housing and education needs of children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness through the Treasury Department’s Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program and the Education Department’s Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) and Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP-ESSER) funds. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to significantly reduce homelessness in some communities and end it in others.

In this USICH webinar, presenters will cover:
• An overview of the ERA program;
• An overview of the ARP-ESSER and ARP-HCY funds;
• Promising state and local partnerships between the ERA and the K12 systems; and
• Recommendations for developing these partnerships.

Presenters will include:
• Staff from the departments of Education and Treasury, and the National Center for Homeless Education;
• Leaders from state and local communities with promising partnerships, including Connecticut and Columbus, Ohio; and
• Anthony Love, interim executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH).

Who should attend?
• State Coordinators for Homeless Education
• Local homeless education liaisons
• Other school and district personnel (school counselors, school social workers, teachers, and administrators)
• Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) administrators and practitioners
• Continuum of Care staff
• Child welfare workers

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