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CBO Collaboration: A Guide to Effective Collaborations with Community-Based Organizations to Support Students Experiencing

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Cover page of the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) guide titled "A Guide to Effective Collaborations with Community-Based Organizations to Support Students Experiencing Homelessness." The NCHE logo appears at the top left, alongside a photo of an adult and a young person seated and talking in an office setting. The cover uses a navy blue background with hold accents and notes "National Center for Homeless Education, January 2026" at the bottom.

CBO Collaboration: A Guide to Effective Collaborations with Community-Based Organizations to Support Students Experiencing

This brief provides comprehensive guidance on collaborating with community-based organizations (CBOs) to support children and youth experiencing homelessness (CYEH). The resource outlines the benefits of CBO partnerships, explains how to establish formal agreements such as contracts and memoranda of understanding, and offers considerations for choosing between informal and formal collaborations structures. The guide covers the use of McKinney-Vento subgrant funds for CBO partnerships, describes what CBOs and how they differ from state or local agencies, and presents real-world examples from school districts that have successfully implemented CBO collaborations. The appendix includes common contracting terminology.

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Date Published: January 2026

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21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) and McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youths (EHCY) Programs

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21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) and McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youths (EHCY) Programs

This webinar hosted by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC) National Technical Assistance Center (NTAC) and NCHE explores how the Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program and the 21st CCLC programs can collaborate to support children and youth experiencing homelessness. The objectives of this webinar include:

  • An overview of the definition of homelessness per the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
  • Exploration of cross-functional collaboration opportunities that can support children and youth in 21st CCLC programs
  • Firsthand success stories from programs collaborating to support children and youth experiencing homelessness

Presenters: NCHE Staff, 21st CCLC National Technical Assistance Center Staff 
Date recorded: September 4, 2025
Length: 1 hour and 28 minutes

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Click here to view the Webinar Takeaway resource, which is a useful accompaniment to the webinar and includes actionable ideas and resources shared during the webinar. 

This webinar complements the release of the tip sheet 21st Century CCLC NTAC-NCHE Fact Sheet Education Homeless Children and Youths 2025. Click here to view the tip sheet. This tip sheet was developed by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) National Technical Assistance Center (NTAC) in collaboration with the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE). The tip sheet supports State and local 21st CCLC and Education for Homeless Children and Youths (EHCY) program leaders with understanding shared priorities and identifying opportunities for and benefits of coordination 

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CoC-LEA-RHY Program Crosswalk

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CoC-LEA-RHY Program Crosswalk

The goal of this resource is to facilitate partnership among CoCs, LEAs, and RHY grantees as they serve children, youth, and families experiencing homelessness in the same community. CoC, LEA, and RHY partners also may wish to connect with other partner systems and community stakeholders -including child welfare, juvenile justice, mental and behavioral health, public housing authorities, and afterschool programs -as they develop and implement coordinated community responses to homelessness.               

This resource consists of an Excel workbook with contact information geographically aligned for:

  • Continuums of Care (CoCs) funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that administer homeless response programming;   
  • Local educational agencies (LEAs/school districts); and   
  • Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) grantees funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administer street outreach, basic center, transitional living, and maternity group home programs.

In addition to contact information, the CoC-LEA-RHY Program Crosswalk includes basic data on students who experienced homelessness within each CoC’s geographical bounds.

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Published December 2023

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Research Summary: Homelessness and Education Cross-System Collaboration – Applied Research Summary and Tools

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Research Summary: Homelessness and Education Cross-System Collaboration – Applied Research Summary and Tools

This NCHE publication provides local homeless education liaisons and homeless service providers with a framework, strategies, and tools for more effective collaboration to improve the academic outcomes, well-being, and lifelong trajectory of young people who have experienced homelessness or trauma. The publication explores a framework for collaboration that accounts for stakeholders’ assumptions, vision, incentives, rules and regulations, organizational cultures, needs, and experiences; and includes resources and tools for practitioners to use in their efforts to collaborate more effectively.

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Published December 2015

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Supporting In-School and Out-of-School Youth Experiencing Homelessness Through Education and Workforce Partnerships

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Supporting In-School and Out-of-School Youth Experiencing Homelessness Through Education and Workforce Partnerships

This NCHE brief provides an overview of education and workforce programs that serve youth experiencing homelessness and suggests strategies for cross-system collaboration among these programs to support youth experiencing homelessness.

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Published November 2018

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When Working Together Works: Interagency Collaboration between McKinney-Vento Programs and Homeless Service Providers

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When Working Together Works: Interagency Collaboration between McKinney-Vento Programs and Homeless Service Providers

This NCHE brief will assist SEA and LEA Education for Homeless Children and Youths (EHCY) program administrators understand the requirements in the McKinney-Vento Act related to collaboration, consider recommendations provided in the 2016 Non-regulatory Guidance; learn practical strategies to make collaborative efforts effective; and provide some basic tips drawn from EHCY State Coordinators and local liaisons along with links to resources.

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Published 2019

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Partnering with School Social Workers brief

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Partnering with School Social Workers brief

This NCHE brief summarizes the role and expertise of school social workers; describes ways that school social workers can build local homeless liaisons’ capacity to provide wraparound services for children and youth experiencing homelessness; and includes strategies for and examples of successful partnerships between school social workers and local liaisons, as well as between school social workers and community-based organizations.

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Published April 2023

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