1. Making It Crystal Clear: Educating Schools and the Community about McKinney-Vento Welcome! Please take a packet of information. We will begin at 10:30.

2. Overview & Action Plans School Staff: Reaching and Teaching: 20 minutes Service Providers: Educating and Collaborating: 20 minutes Parents and Students: Working Together: 10 minutes Community: Tips for Communicating with the Public: 10 minutes

3. Reaching and Teaching School Staff Who is your audience and what do they need to know? Teachers Student services staff Administrators Secretaries and enrollment offices Special Education Cafeteria Staff

4. Reaching and Teaching Teachers: Strategies Powerpoint presentation Website information: www.janesville.k12.wi.us/homeless Poverty training Special Education meetings Teaching tips Brochures Photostory

5. PhotoStory movie

6. Reaching and Teaching Student Services Staff Who provides services to homeless students in your district? Your direct service provider should know more detailed information about McKinney-Vento. Strategies: phone consultations, monthly meetings, periodic trainings and website support.

7. Reaching and Teaching: Secretaries and Enrollment Personnel How does your district identify incoming homeless students? Who is likely to notice two unrelated students sharing an address? Strategies: Brochure, emails, enrollment tips from NCHE at serve.org, meetings with enrollment personnel, phone consults.

8. Educating and Collaborating with Service Providers Join Existing Coalitions.Join Existing Coalitions. Visit your service providers.Visit your service providers. Build Relationships!Build Relationships! Potential Partners: Coalitions to End Homelessness Housing Coalitions Early Childhood Coalitions Adult Education Groups Latino Service Providers United Way Member Agencies City and County Human Services Crisis Hotlines Mental Health Advocacy Organizations or Coalitions

9. Educating and Collaborating with Service Providers: Strategies Presentations at meetingsPresentations at meetings Brochures Brochures Regular visits to shelters and transitional living programs to build relationshipsRegular visits to shelters and transitional living programs to build relationships Website promotion and email listsWebsite promotion and email lists Build your own coalition: Example: H.E.A.TBuild your own coalition: Example: H.E.A.T

10. Working Together with Parents and Students: Strategies Relationships are the key! Shelter and TLP program visits Welcome packet & backpacks at enrollment Parent Newsletter & Brochure Surveys and Links on Website NCHE video for parents at serve.org

11. Tips for Working with the Media Answer the 5 W’s: Why, Who, What, When, Where & How Understand the tools Consider your audience Frame the issue and stay on message Don’t use jargon Keep it Positive

12. Media Toolkits & Links Online Iowa Community Empowerment: www.empowerment.state.ia.us/common/pdf/t ool_kit/part_5.pdf www.empowerment.state.ia.us/common/pdf/t ool_kit/part_5.pdf National Association of Social Workers: www.socialworkers.org/pressroom/mediaToo lkit/default.asp www.socialworkers.org/pressroom/mediaToo lkit/default.asp Colorado Nonprofit Association: www.coloradononprofits.org/media%20Toolki t.pdf www.coloradononprofits.org/media%20Toolki t.pdf

13. Thanks for attending Making it Crystal Clear: Educating Schools and the Community about McKinney-Vento Ann Forbeck, Homeless Education Program Coordinator for the School District of Janesville Please feel free to email me at: aforbeck@janesville.k12.wi.us