64 <strong>The</strong> <strong>McKinney</strong>-<strong>Vento</strong> <strong>Act</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Children</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Youth</strong> Awaiting Foster Care Placement
APPENDIX List <strong>of</strong> Interviewees Authors’ note: On behalf <strong>of</strong> NAEHCY <strong>and</strong> Casey Family Programs, we would like to thank the following interviewees who contributed their time, expertise, <strong>and</strong> passion to this publication. <strong>The</strong> good ideas contained herein are theirs, not ours. Dianne Curran, Deputy General Counsel, Massachusetts Dept. <strong>of</strong> Social Services Barb Dexter, Homeless Liaison, Anchorage School District, Alaska Andrea Foster, Community Involvement Specialist/Homeless Liaison, Sunnyside Unified School District, Arizona Carolyn Fowler, Program Manager, Fairfax County Department <strong>of</strong> Social Services, Virginia Carlyse Giddens, Director <strong>of</strong> the Division <strong>of</strong> Family Services, Delaware Howard Haberman, Education Consultant/Pupil Service Specialist, Connecticut Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Children</strong> <strong>and</strong> Families Margaret Harner, Advocate, Student Advocacy Center <strong>of</strong> <strong>Michigan</strong> Elizabeth Hinz, District Liaison for Homeless <strong>and</strong> Highly Mobile Students, Minneapolis Public Schools, Minnesota Am<strong>and</strong>a Metivier, President <strong>of</strong> Facing Foster Care in Alaska/Casey Family Programs Employee <strong>and</strong> alumna from foster care, Anchorage, Alaska Joanne Miro, former <strong>McKinney</strong>-<strong>Vento</strong> <strong>State</strong> Coordinator, Delaware Department <strong>of</strong> Education Ann Price, former Homeless Liaison, Amphitheater School District, Arizona Carol Punske-Brasch, Assistant Program Manager, Arizona Child Protective Services Strategies for Improving Educational Outcomes through School Stability 65
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BUILDING FUTURES THROUGH EDUCATION
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Table of Contents Executive Summary
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Executive Summary “ Education was
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Educational Challenges of Homelessn
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