All school districts should be required to coordinate with government agencies and non-profits organizations to ensure a comprehensive response to the needs of homeless families. Federal procedures that govern access to special education interventions should be adapted to accommodate the transience of homeless children. Providence House has adopted these solutions and is working to implement them as a part of our commitment to end homelessness for families with children. In addition to the immediate action steps outlined above, large-scale activities must be implemented over the longer term to address the systemic economic and social causes of family homelessness. To end homelessness, we must provide communities with the resources needed to develop an adequate supply of decent affordable housing.
Every child is entitled to a safe, secure home.
No child should live in a shelter. Once established, this Housing Trust will be a flexible tool that allows local communities to decide how best to provided adequate housing. Create 200,000 additional Section 8 rental certificates by the year 2000. Increase the value of existing and new certificates to make them economically viable at current market rates. To prevent children from becoming homeless, poor families' economic resources must be maximized and strategies must be developed to build their financial assets.