Webinar: All the Facts about the Homeless Children and Youth Act

Efforts to advance the Homeless Children and Youth Act, HR 1511/S 611, have picked up in recent weeks. This important bipartisan legislation would make it easier for communities to help children, youth, and families who experience homelessness, no matter where they happen to be staying. Over 50 national groups and hundreds of community-based service providers have endorsed the legislation. Find out what the bill does and does not do, why it is critically important to addressing youth and family homelessness, and what you can do to help advocate for its passage. Get the facts in this special webinar co-hosted by Family Promise, First Focus Campaign for Children, National Network for Youth, and SchoolHouse Connection. Presenters: • Barbara Duffield, Executive Director, SchoolHouse Connection • Eric Masten, Director of Public Policy, National Network for Youth • Cara Baldari, Senior Policy Director for Poverty & Family Economics, Housing and Homelessness, First Focus • Stacy Pollard, Regional Director, Family Promise • Kat Lilley, Deputy Executive Director, Family Promise Colorado Springs • Melinda Giovengo, Chief Executive Officer & President, YouthCare, Seattle, Washington