Young Children Experiencing Homelessness Summit: Educate. Collaborate. Inspire.

Congress approved of provisions prioritizing children who experience homelessness to be served by Head Start, the Child Care Development Fund, and other high quality early learning programs. This Summit will explore what has happened since those changes, identify challenges, and consider the future.

When

Monday, September 16, 2019 from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM EDT

Where

Temple University - Howard Gittis Student Center

1755 N 13th Street
Room 200 A, B, and C
Philadelphia, PA 19122

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Contact

Joe Willard
People's Emergency Center
267-777-5851
jwillard@pec-cares.org
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Monica 201-617-0901 Ext. 25611  Head Start program
Lorie Ackerman  Family Promise of Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Tamara Acuna  Centers for Communities in Schools
Atiya Alexander  MCIU
Jason Alexander  Capacity for Change LLC
Nethania Andre  ACF
Amanda Atkinson  Public Health Management Corporation , ECE
Dr. Marnie Aylesworth  PAKEYS
Stacy Ayres  MCIU
Shira Badanes  ELRC 18 - Caring People Alliance , Manager, Provider/STARS
Angelica Baez  Acelero Learning
Marilyn Barge  School District of Philadelphia
Heidi Beck  New Directions Early Head Start - University of DE
Lynda Becker  PA's Education for Children and Youth Experiencing
Migdalia Benique  Acelero Learning
Deborah Bergeron  Administration for Children and Families, HHS
Brandi Berry  Montgomery County Intermediate Unit
Elizabeth Bertolet  Interfaith Hospitality Network of the Main Line
Donna Bibbs  CHOP- Early Head Start
Chrissy Bishop  ElleVintage Visions
Erin Blair  National Nurse-Led Care Consortium , Nurse
Toscha Blalock  Maternity Care Coalition
Zakiyyah Boone  Greater Philadelphia YMCA
Sharronda Boston  CHILDREN & FAMILIES FIRST
Janneen Boyce  Delaware Social Services
Carl Boyd  Center for Family Services
Melanie Brennan  KenCrest Services
Samia Bristow  Maternity Care Coalition
Dannette Brogdon-Williams  KenCrest
Katrina Brooks  Bucks County Intermediary Unit
Kellie Brown  William Penn Foundation
Laura Brown  Families Forward , Childrens Staff
Latisha Brown-Swans  Lutheran Settlement/Jane Addams Residence
Lucia Buffaloe  CBIZ KA Consulting Services, LLC
Vernetta Burger  Methodist Services
Suzanne Burnette  NJ Department of Education
Harriet Burton-Wilson  DHS- City of Phila. , CUA-Parent Cafes
Sally Byard  ICF
Melissa Calhoun  ACF
Storm Camara  Pennsylvania Department of Education
Tiffany Camps  peoples emergency center , Coordinator, Children?s Education and Activities P
Roberta Cancellier  Cancellier Household , Deputy Director
Marcelino Cardenas  Norris Square Community Alliance
Larry Chamberlain  Delaware Health and Social Services
Dionne Chambers  Free Library of Philadelphia
Amanda Charles  William Penn Foundation , Program Associate
Tracey Cherry  Cherry Household , pec
Aisha Childs  PHMC, HELP Philadelphia , Resource Specialist
Jessica Clarkson  Delaware Social Services
Alexis Cleveland  Child Inc
Gay Cole  Montclair Child Development Center Inc
Jeannette Cole  Cole Household , Manager, Behavioral Health Servicess
Anne Marie Collins  Collins Household , Vice President/Executive Director
Samantha Conway  Scranton Lackawamma Human Development Agency
John Cook  Delaware Social Services
Cheryl Cooper  Jewish Family and Children's Service
Sophie Cornfield  AFEL/PEC , Community Navigator
Edwina Coverson-Barnes  DCIU Early Head Start/Head Start
Robert Crawford  City of Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services
Cherie Crosby  Manor College
Eugene Crossland  Child Inc
Jj Cutuli  Nemours , Assistant Professor
Susan Damico  Devereux Center for Resilient Children
Lillian Davis  dhs
Blair Dawson  Your Way Home Montgomery County
Maribel De Jesus  Acelero Learning
Kathy Desmond  PEC , President
Tameka DeShields  Maternity Care Coalition , Early Head Start
Stephanie Devose  Stenton Family Manor , Bright Space Coordinator
Joy Diljohn  The School District of Philadelphia
Mary Doughty  KenCrest Services
Mary Doughty  KenCrest Services
Trish Downey  HopePHL , Director, Communications
De’Wayne Drummond  Mantua Civic Association
Tracy Duarte  Duarte Household , Director
Teresa Duncan  Center for Leadership, Development and Advocacy , Director of Education and Programs
Joan Duvall-Flynn  Trauma Informed Education Coalition/ NAACP PA
Joe Eastman  The Chapel of Four Chaplains , Director of Veterans Services
Jacqueline Edmond  Edmond Educational Enterprises, LLC
Roslyn Edwards  PEC , Project Director
Marsha Eichelberger  Inter-Faith Housing Alliance , Executive Director
Alexandra Ernst  Public Health Management Corporation
Karen Escalante  NJ Dept of Children & Families, Division on Women
Maria Estrada  MCIU
Sharonda Everett  West End Neighborhood House
Karin Eyrich Garg  Temple University School of Social Work , Professor
Daniel Farrell  Farrell Household
Tekishua Felder  Your Child’s World Learning
Angela Fields  Family Promise of Hunterdon County
Jeffrey Fields  County of Bucks
Elba Figueroa  Acelero Learning Headstart
Maria Figueroa  Acelero Learning Head Start
Allyson Fisher  CHILD, Inc
Ray Fitzgerald  Delaware Social Services
Diane Frentzel  Delaware Readiness Teams
Yvette Fuller  ACF
Krista Getts  SLHDA
Frederick Gigliotti  Gigliotti Household , Director of Emergency Housing
Shonna Gillis  Telamon Corporation Delaware Head Start Program
Kimberly Gilmore  Acenda Integrated Health
Sarah Glasheen  UnitedHealthcare Community & State
Regina Glass  Department Of Human Services
James Godboldt Jr  Small Wonders FCCH
Marybeth Gonzales  Philadelphia Office of Homeless Services , Director of Planning and Performance
Marisa Gonzalez  Reg. III HUD
Carolyn Gordon  Family Promise
Cindy Gorman  Scranton Lackawanna Human Development Agency
Jacqueline Green  Philadelphia Parent Child Center, Inc.
Malene Green  Elwyn , Director, EI
Karen Grimm-Thomas  PA OCDEL
Zakiyyah Harris  visitation homes , Case Manager
Deborah Hartranft  School District , Program Manager - Intake with SDP
Maureen Hayes  Triskele Consulting Group
Charlene Heeney  Health Federation EHS
Lori Hendrickson  Hendrickson and Ramsden Household , Chief of Staff
Janette Herbers  Villanova University
Emma Hertz  Your Way Home Montgomery County
Brian Hickey  ACF
Karen Hines  Acelero Learning , Famil Services Coordinator
Dominique Hinton  Brightside Academy
Lori Hobaugh  U.S. Administration for Children and Families
Kristen Hoffa  Berks County Intermediate Unit
Elise Holland  Elwyn
Sherilyn Homans West  Montgomery County Intermediate Unit #23
Doreen Howe  NYC Department of Homeless Services
Shirlee Howe  Children First , Policy
Domonique Howell  Liberty Resources Inc
Karen Hudson  Hudson Household , Community Education Program Coordinator
Rosaida Iraola  Kencrest
Christina Jackey  Acenda Integrated Health
Jeffrey Jackson  Pathways to Housing Pa
Candice Jefferson  City of Camden Promise Zone
Rashanda Jenkins  Head Start health consultant
Cory Johnson  Drexel University Action for Early Learning
Eric Johnson  FirstUp
Janelle Johnson  Acenda Health Integrated
Melissa Johnson  CHOP HHI , Social Worker
Josie Jones  KenCrest Services-West
Keshia Jones  Bell-Jones Household
Samantha Jones  Congreso de Latinos Unidos
Emily Kavanagh  Chester County Intermediate Unit
Terry Kenworthy  Chester County Intermediate Unit
Wanjiru Kimani  Montgomery County Intermediate Unit #23
Lyn Kirshenbaum  HUD
Tabitha Kramer  Education for Children and Youth Exp. Homelessness
Janet Kroll  The Stoneleigh Foundation , Strategy and Planning Officer
Melissa Kull  Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
Pat LaMarche  LaMarche Household
Colleen Landy  Landy Household , Assistant Director of Educating Children and Youth
Ximena Laz  Telamon Corporation Delaware
Maria Lizardi  Today's Child Learning Center-Feltonville
Marilyn Llanos  KenCrest Services (Kensington Center) , Family Service Representative
Donovan Lloyd  Child Inc
Kimberly Logan  Administration for Children and Families
Linda Lopez  The Salvation Army, Syracuse Area Services
Henry Love  Gateway Housing
Brittany MacGregor  SLHDA-Head Start
Latoya Maddox  Liberty Resources Inc
Lisbel Madera  Health Federation of Philadelphia , Community Involvement Specialist, EHS
MaryKay Mahar  Public Health Management Corporation
Diane Mapp  Note2Queen Inc
Dora Marques  CBIZ KA Consulting Services, LLC
Gillian Martenson  Project HOME , Director, Rowan Judson
Joanne Matagrano-Mullin  Atkinson's
Rhena McClain  St. Barnabas Mission , Executive Dept Manager
Brittany McClay  Diversified Community Services-Western
Pamela McCrea  The Caring Center
Kara McFalls  Pennsylvania Head Start Association
Brian McShane  Corporation for Supportive Housing
Kathy Meck  Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation
Brandi Miller  Health Consultant
Colleen Mishra  People's Emergency Center-AFEL Program Manager , Director
Dina Mitchell  Community of Hope , former CPECE Director
Marjie Mogul  Maternity Care Coalition
Laura Montes  Congreso
Luz Morales  OHS (EARU)
Darlene Morris  Morris Household
Kathy Mosley  Acelero Learning Camden/Philadelphia
Kathleen Murphey  Region III Head Start TTA
Brenda Myrick  Interfaith Hospitality Network of Essex County
Glendolyn Newmuis  Office of Head Start - Region 03
Paola Nova  Acelero Learning
Ann O'Brien  Executive Director
Suzanne O'Connor  United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern NJ , ECE
Janet Panning  Montgomery County Office of Public Health
Kathleen Pathan  ACF
Kim Paymaster  Pew Charitable Trusts
Marilyn Pendelton  Your Voice Heard, Inc.
Rashanda Perryman  Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Shellie Peters  U.S. Administration for Children & Familes, Region
Tammy Petrowicz  ICF/Region III Head Start T/TA
Alisha Pettit  Brightside Academy
Tracey Petty  School District of Phila
Joan Pfender  Bucks County Intermediate Unit
Belinda Piercy  ICF
Jennifer Plummer Davis  Retired
Sally Poliwoda  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Donald Price  Esperanza FQHC , Vice President
Shante Quartlebaum  Families Forward
Maureen Quinn  KENCREST , Government Affairs
MIchael Rabb  CATCH Inc
Amanda Ragnauth  Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness
Dave Raible  Raible Household , Vice President, Development
John Ramos  State of New Jersey
Kim Rank  Chester County Intermediate Unit
Charlene Rawlinson  Lene’s Daily Child Care Inc.
Natalie Renew  Home based child care collaborative
Altagracia Reynoso  Acelero Early Head Start
Neibert Richards  Episcopal Community Services , Senior Director of Housing
Alanna Rivera  Acelero Learning
Dorcas Rivera  Health Federation of Philadelphia
LaTiana RIdgell  Nurse Family Partnership , Home Visiting
Sakinah Thelma Robbins  Reality House Inc.
Lisa Robinson  Your Child’s World Learning
Shirley Robinson  Public Health Management Corporation , Program Director
Cathy Roccia-Meier  Temple University
Heidy Rodriguez  Acelero
Cynthia Romero  Office of Head Start
Donna Rook  State of New Jersey
Judith Samuels  The Samuels Group
Jonathan Santiago  Norris Square Community Alliance
Joe Savage  U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness , Regional Coordinator
Deborah Schardinger  Bucks County Intermediate Unit
Intisar Shah  Nicetown CDC
Karen Shanoski  Centers for Schools and Communities
Sara Shaw  Child Trends , Research Scientist
Kathryn Shields  People's Emergency Center
Yun Shin  La Casa de Don Pedro
Kayleigh Silver  Your Way Home
Chandra Smith  The Salvation Army
Jessica Smith  Maternity Care Coalition , Early Head Start Philadelphia County Director
Missy Smith  ICF
Adamary Sosa  Norris Square Community Alliance , Director
Wes Southall  Delaware Social Services
Liam Spady  Office of Homeless Services
Karla Sprouse  ICF
Vanessa Stansbury  Children & Families First
Debra Taylor  Delaware Head Start State Collaborative
Kenneth Taylor  Philadelphia Parent Child Center, Inc.
Minnette Taylor  Mini Montessori Academy
Abby Thaker  Read by 4th / Free Library of Philadelphia , Staff
Caroline Theis  Inter-Faith Housing Alliance
Kelly Thomas  Thomas Household , AFEL Family Navigator
Sonya Thomas  Urban Affairs Coalition PHLpreK
Tara Tomasko  Episcopal Community Services
Jody Vaughn  Booz Allen Hamilton - Region III OHS
Maggie Velazquez  Montgomery County Intermediate Unit
Jessica Vogt  Greater PHILADELPHIA YMCA
Sarah Vrabic  Vrabic Household , ECE Specialist
Leah W  CHILD Inc.
Wendy Wagner  First Up
Margie Wakelin  Education Law Center , Attorney
Dwayne Walker  Walker Household , AFEL Family Navigator
Dwayne Walker  PEC
Maria Walker  Drexel University Action for Early Learning
Laura Wallace  Maternity Care Coalition , Director of Early Learning
Margaret Wallace  STEHM INC
Joseph Warburton  Camden Promise Zone
Ida Washington  West End Neighborhood House
June Waters-Bey  Institute on Disabilities at Temple University
Iyisha Weaver  Weaver Household , ECE Specialist
Joyel Weems  Phmc
Beverly Wellons  ACF-Office of Child Care
Grace Whitney  Whitney Household , ECE
Shirley Williams  Philadelphia Parent Child Center, Inc.
Terrie Williams  Henrietta Johnson Medical Health Center , Homeless Program Manager
Tina Williams-Mitchum  DHS
Catherine Wilson  United Way of Essex & West Hudson
Marcel Witmer  The Children's Hospital of Philadelphi
Paula Wolfe  CSIU/Northumberland Area Early Head Start
Schermelle Wright  Montclair Child Development Center, Inc.
Jessica Yambo  Acelero Learning
Natalie Young  U.S. Administration for Children & Familes, Region
Sherry Zebrook  STEHM INC
Zijin Zhang  University of Pennsylvania
Francie Zimmerman  Center for the Study of Social Policy , Senior Associate
Sue Zomberg  Inter-Faith Housing Alliance