Wisconsin Virtual EHCY Conference

On November 2 and 3, 2023 DPI and partners at Pearl Strategies and SchoolHouse Connection hosted the virtual 2023 Wisconsin Education for Homeless Children and Youth Conference. 

Date and Time

November 2, 2023: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
November 3, 2023: 8:30 am - 2:00 pm
Conference Flyer
Conference Agenda

Conference Focus
 

• All conference attendees will
  • understand the basics of the education subtitle of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, including determining McKinney-Vento eligibility for students experiencing homelessness.
  • learn strategies for spending their remaining American Rescue Plan-Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) funds strategically.
  • hear from youth with lived expertise about how to improve supports for the education and well-being of students experiencing homelessness.
  • learn more about supporting immigrant students - including refugee, asylee, and migrant students - experiencing homelessness.
• New homeless liaisons will become more familiar with their duties as established in statute and strategies and tools for implementing their role effectively.
• Veteran homeless liaisons will have the opportunity to improve their understanding and implementation of advanced homeless education topics.
• All conference attendees will have the opportunity to participate in interactive activities to seek responses to remaining questions and solidify key conference takeaways.

Who Should Attend?

Staff directly supporting students experiencing homelessness, including homeless liaisons, student services, early childhood and other support staff, administration, etc. It will be especially beneficial for new homeless liaisons!

If you would like to view sessions and materials from the October 2022 virtual EHCY conference, please see information below. 

2022 Conference Materials, October 11-12, 2022

You can now view all recorded sessions on this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLambIxavELhbtels58X57djQOeoFMkb-6.