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Building early links for learning: Connections to promote resilience for young children in family homeless shelters
Zero to Three (2019)
  • J. J. Cutuli
  • Joe Willard
Abstract
This article describes the Building Early Links for Learning (BELL) initiative in Philadelphia, PA. BELL looks to promote resilience in young children staying in emergency housing for homeless families. The goal is to make the settings more responsive and supportive to children’s developmental needs as they adapt to experiences of homelessness and other adversities. BELL strives to increase the developmental appropriateness of shelter contexts while helping to make high quality early childhood programs more accessible. Activities emphasize building relationships between emergency housing and early childhood program staff, along with trainings, shelter improvements, and advocacy in a context of collective impact.
Keywords
  • Family homelessness,
  • Early childhood education,
  • Daycare,
  • Shelter
Disciplines
Publication Date
March, 2019
Citation Information
Cutuli, J. J., & Willard, J. (2019). Building Early Links for Learning: Connections to Promote Resilience for Young Children in Family Homeless Shelters. Zero to Three, 39(4), 43-50.