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Education in Public & Affordable Housing
Creating educational opportunities for children and youth where they live, building pathways out of poverty
Children living in public and affordable housing developments often lack the learning supports and opportunities that would greatly improve their chances of breaking the cycle of poverty. Bringing afterschool programs directly to housing developments removes barriers to participation—and improves children’s school attendance, social-emotional skills, and graduation rates.
Partnership for Children & Youth identified this opportunity, spurring the launch of our HousED initiative in 2010. We serve a diverse group of housing agencies, educators, community members, and government agencies to meet the unique needs and challenges of providing services to youth in public and affordable housing communities.
Our Impact
Watch this video to learn more about this work, and to see how having expanded learning in housing communities has made a huge difference for one young man in MidPen Housing’s afterschool program:
What We Do
HousED builds the capacity of affordable housing leaders and staff to meet the unique needs of children and youth living in public and affordable housing. We do this through:
Coaching, trainings, & technical assistance
Building regional networks to facilitate peer learning
Leveraging data on program impact to increase support for youth programming
Empowering our HousED network to become resource specialists and experts
Tools & Resources
Addressing Food and Meals Access
Public and affordable housing communities may be ideal meal distribution sites, particularly for families facing barriers to transportation or who are unable to access school meal sites.
Learn more about how your housing agency can help residents access food by becoming a food distribution site.
Keeping Kids Healthy and Engaged When School is Out
Learn about how public and affordable housing communities can play a role in addressing the food insecurity of their youngest residents during the summer and after school.
Quality Self-Assessment Tool for Expanded Learning Programs
A self-assessment tool public and affordable housing agencies can use to identify ways to strengthen their expanded learning programs for youth.
Quality Standards for Expanded Learning in Public and Affordable Housing
These standards offer best practices that speak to the unique needs of providing youth services in public and affordable housing communities.
HousED Evaluation Summary
A 3-year evaluation of the HousED program and its participants.