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A
Julianelle
from
schoolhouse
connection,
you
can
jump
ahead.
I
think
two
slides
other.
We
can
skip
my
title
slide.
Yeah
there
we
go.
I
wanted
to
talk
as
heather
said
about
some
of
these
interests,
these
systemic
intersections
and
so
much
of
what
you
all
just
talked
about
in
the
chat
really
speaks
directly
to
this
topic
today.
You
know
that
jumble
of
federal
responses
is
recreated
on
the
state
level
and
it
creates
some
systems
that
are
really
difficult
for
youth
and
families
to
navigate,
and
that
can
be
pathways
into
homelessness.
A
So
if
we
look
on
the
slide,
it's
not
a
very
pretty
graphic,
but
we
have
kind
of
a
funnel
with
these
systems,
like
the
juvenile
justice
system,
child
welfare,
some
of
the
ways
in
which
the
education
system
doesn't
respond
to
the
needs
of
young
people,
and
so
it
can
actually
become
kind
of
a
school-to-prison
pipeline
for
them.
Like
I
believe,
representative
thompson
put
in
the
chat,
you
know
it
depends
on
where
you
get
your
statistic
from,
but
at
least
a
quarter
of
youth
in
foster
care
become
homeless
by
before
they're
age
26.
A
So
we
can
see
how
these
different
pathways,
these
different
systems,
actually
put
youth
into
this
funnel.
That
can
lead
them
into
homelessness.
You
know
if
school's,
not
working
for
them
and
they
don't
get
that
high
school
diploma.
That's
the
number
one
risk
factor
for
young
adult
homelessness,
and
you
know
I
work
primarily
in
education
now,
but
earlier
in
my
career,
I
worked
in
juvenile
justice.
I
also
worked
in
child
welfare
and
I
worked
with
many
many
young
people
who
were
in
all
of
these
systems.
I
I
saw
them
dropping
out
of
school.
A
I
saw
them
getting
involved
in
foster
care,
I
saw
them
getting
involved
in
juvenile
justice
and
I
saw
them
experiencing
homelessness
and
it
was
impossible
for
them
to
navigate.
It
was
impossible
for
me
as
their
attorney
to
navigate
all
these
different
systems
and
really
provide
them
with
with
the
support
that
they
needed
to
avoid
homelessness.
A
A
So
when
they're
in
the
juvenile
justice
system,
for
example,
it's
very
hard
for
them
to
access
quality
education
services
when
they're
in
foster
care,
they
might
be
changing
placements
so
often
that
they're
moving
from
school
to
school.
So
again,
it's
hard
for
them
to
access
that
responsive
education.
They
need,
they
might
have
barriers
actually
to
accessing
health
and
behavioral
health
care
from
within
those
systems,
and
certainly
employment.
A
So
again,
looking
at
these
systems
and
thinking
about
not
trying
to
intervene
too
late,
if
we're
only
looking
at
systems
that
affect
teenagers
or
young
adults,
then
again
we're
creating
barriers
to
young
children
being
able
to
access
the
services
they
need,
so
that
they're
never
even
on
this
slide.
In
the
first
place,
they
don't
even
come
into
contact
with
the
systems
or
with
homelessness.
A
These
systems
can
engage
together
so
instead
of
having
all
of
this
jumble
of
responses,
imagine
if
we
have
these
systems
talking
to
each
other
and
working
together,
we've
seen
examples
of
that
on
the
macro
level.
So
even
for
example,
if
you
remember
some
of
the
conversations
in
washington,
the
office
of
homeless,
youth
has
been
able
to
bring
together
child
welfare.
Juvenile
justice
education
have
conversations
that
are
across
system
to
look
at
how
everybody
can
work
together
at
a
macro
level,
but
it
also
can
be
micro
on
the
on
the
level
of
one
individual
student.
A
You
know
when
I
used
to
do
child
welfare
and
juvenile
justice.
We
would
have
meetings
about
one
youth
and
we'd
have
juvenile
justice
there.
Child
welfare,
somebody
from
the
school
somebody
from
a
housing
program,
often
a
mental
health
provider.
All
of
us
around
the
table
just
saying
what
does
this
youth
need?
How
are
we
going
to
get
them,
what
they
need,
and
how
are
we
going
to
do
that
quickly?
A
That's
time
consuming,
you
have
all
these
people
in
a
room
to
talk
about
one
youth,
but
but
the
result
is
you
can
be
very,
very
effective
in
helping
that
you
get
what
they
need.
So
it's
an
investment
that
actually
pays
off
really
well
a
few
things
to
kind
of
just
like
ideas
to
throw
out
at
you
just
to
think
about
imagine
if
juvenile
justice
and
child
welfare
programs
did
real
long-term
discharge
planning.
The
very
first
moment
that
a
student
that
youth
enters
one
of
those
systems
were
already
actively
working
on
their
discharge.
A
That
might
happen
in
a
month.
That
might
happen
in
five
years,
but
it's
never
too
early
to
start
thinking
about.
Where
are
they
going
to
go?
Where
are
they
going
to
live?
What
kind
of
agency
and
sustainability
are
they
going
to
have
looking
at
child
welfare
as
something
that
could
be
more
supportive?
I
think
we're
seeing
more
of
this
with
the
federal
legislation.
A
Families
first,
that
was
passed
a
couple
years
ago,
but
really
trying
to
have
child
welfare,
be
more
of
a
support
for
families
to
prevent
children
and
youth
having
to
go
into
the
system,
provide
them
with
things
like
access
to
stable
housing,
access
to
employment,
access
to
health
and
mental
health
care,
so
they
don't
have
to
enter
that
system
in
education.
Looking
really
at
what
do
you
really
need
to
succeed,
not
the
sort
of
cookie
cutter,
educational
opportunities
that
we
give
to
everyone
that
don't
work
for
many,
maybe
sometimes
even
most
youth.
A
A
A
lot
of
those
students
are
experiencing
homelessness,
so
we've
got
to
prioritize
finding
them
getting
back
into
getting
them
back
into
school
and
then
providing
them
with
educational
services
that
really
meet
their
needs.
So
they
can.
They
can
work
if
they
need
to
work.
They
can
access
mental
health
care
if
they
need
that
so
really
trying
to
be
more
productive
and
positive,
and
looking
at
positive
school
climates
as
well.
A
Providing
our
youth.
Many
pathways
to
success
really
asking
young
people:
what
do
you
need
to
be
able
to
get
a
job
and
keep
it,
and
what
kind
of
a
job
is
going
to
actually
allow
you
to
pay
for
housing
over
the
short
term
and
over
the
long
term
and
listening
to
what
you
say
about
that,
because
they
often
say
things
that
we
didn't
expect
about.
I
need
this
shower.
I
need
a
place
to
wash
my
clothes.
I
need
transportation.
A
You
know
we
think
about
resumes
and
job
training
and
we
need
all
those
things
too,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
really
basic
things
that
you
need
just
to
be
able
to
get
a
job
and
keep
it
and
then
a
lot
of
the
issues
that
we
talked
about
in
seattle.
Around
miners
you
under
18,
being
able
to
access
all
these
different
services
and
keeping
those
needs
in
mind
as
well.
A
A
Is
there
accountability
in
those
funding
streams?
And
how
can
we
add
accountability
into
those
funding
streams?
And
how
can
we
encourage
these
systems
to
share
funding?
There's
a
lot
of
sort
of
trophy?
You
know
this
is
my
money.
I've
got
to
do
my
thing
my
way
and
that
really
doesn't
serve
youth
very
well,
because
youth
need
everything.
A
They
don't
know
where
the
money's
coming
from,
but
they
know
that
they
need
help
and
they
need
these
systems
to
work
together
to
get
them
that
help
so
kind
of
starting
from
a
youth
perspective
in
the
way
these
systems,
design
services
and
access
to
them.
Another
thing
is
just
evolution.
You
know
we
know
so
much
about
what's
wrong
with
so
many
of
our
systems,
but
we're
not
very
good
oftentimes
at
actually
changing
actually
responding
to
what
we
know.
That's
not
working,
so
I
think
somebody
mentioned
in
the
chat
about
different
definitions
of
homelessness.
A
But
while
the
youth
are
in
detention,
they
don't
meet
the
definition
of
homeless,
so
they
have
these
services
and
these
funds
and
they're
just
sitting
and
kind
of
like
it's
like
everyone's
at
the
door
of
the
detention
center,
just
waiting
for
the
youth
to
come
out
to
be
able
to
jump
in
and
help
instead
of
being
able
to
do
that
three
months
earlier,
but
because,
when
they're
in
the
system,
they're
not
actually
considered
to
meet
the
definition
of
homelessness.
So
that's
just
one
example
of
you
know
what:
how
can
we
be
more
flexible?
A
You
know
at
the
state
level
you
can't
change
federal
law,
but
you
can
change
the
way.
State
programs
and
state
funds
serve
those
youth.
So
if
we
need
to
wait
for
them
to
walk
out
the
door
for
those
federal
funds
to
apply,
that's
fine,
what
state,
funds
or
state
researchers
might
be
able
to
put
in
place
while
they're
still
in
custody
and
set
them
up
for
success
so
that
when
they
come
out
and
enter
these
federally
funded
systems,
they'll
be
ready
and
they
can
be
more
successful
so
again.
Thinking
about
what?
A
A
I
want
to
talk
about
agency.
I
can't
remember
who
it
was.
It
might
have
been
representative
stava
from
illinois.
He
talked
about
the
importance
of
youth
agency
and
listening
to
what
young
people
have
to
say.
You
know
in
businesses,
businesses
listen
to
their
customers,
one
of
the
customers
want.
We
want
to
be
responsive
to
our
customers,
because
we
want
them
to
be
happy
with
our
product.
It
really
should
be
the
same,
I
think,
with
these
services.
A
So,
even
if
we
know
what
we
want
them
to
do,
they
might
not
always
do
what
we
want
them
to
do,
and
there's
very
little
that
we
can
do
to
prevent
that.
So
we
might
as
well
talk
to
them
find
out.
You
know
what
their
ideas
are:
learn
from
them
and
work
together
to
make
solutions
that
are
actually
going
to
work
for,
for
youth
and
for
adults.
A
A
We
can
do
that
by
providing
mental
health
care
and
substance
abuse
for
parents,
substance,
abuse,
treatment
for
parents
and
other
supports
for
families
to
help
them
again
find
and
maintain
employment
that
allows
them
to
pay
for
their
rent,
their
services,
food,
the
things
their
families
need.
We
already
talked
about
minors,
and
I
also
just
don't
want
to
forget
about
basic
needs.
A
I
think
sometimes,
when
we
think
about
systems
systems
are
big
entities
with
big
problems
and
big
solutions,
but
we
also
have
young
people
again
who
need
to
wash
their
clothes,
so
they
can
go
to
work.
They
need
to
take
a
shower,
so
they
can
go
to
work.
They
need
to
eat
because
otherwise
you
know
they
can't
concentrate
at
school
if
they're
hungry
all
day.
So
any
of
the
work
that
you're
doing
in
your
legislatures
on
access
to
some
of
those
very
most
basic
needs
around
food
around
transportation,
around
housing
options.
A
A
I
think
I've
thrown
a
lot
of
different
ideas
at
you,
but
you
know
you
have
such
important
roles
in
your
states
and
in
your
local
communities
because
of
course,
you're
legislators,
so
you
are
making
law
and
implementing
and
enforcing
law
in
a
lot
of
cases,
but
you're
also
leaders,
so
you
can
take
get
seats
at
tables,
whether
that
be
community
organizations
or
your
state
agencies.
You
know
you
have
that
position.
A
You
know
sometimes,
depending
on
what
committees
you
are
or
what
interests
you
have,
but
you
have
that
leadership
role
to
be
able
to
contact
the
head
of
your
child
welfare
agency
or
your
juvenile
justice
agency,
or
your
education
system
and
say
I'd
like
to
sit
down
with
you
and
find
out.
What
are
we
doing
about
homelessness?
What
are
you
doing
to
improve
discharge
planning?
What
are
you
doing
to
start
discharge
planning
earlier?
A
What
are
you
doing
to
provide
multiple
pathways
for
youth
to
be
able
to
get
that
high
school
diploma
that
they
need
so
that
they
don't
experience
homelessness
as
young
adults?
What
are
you
doing
to
help
our
youth
experiencing
homelessness,
get
into
college
and
succeed
in
college?
Sometimes
just
asking
the
question
and
starting
the
conversation
can
be
a
real
spark
that
can
start
some
change.
You
might
be
in
a
position
where
you
can
convene
an
interagency
group.
A
You
know
start
with
talking
to
a
couple
of
different
agencies
and
then
pull
a
few
of
them
together
and
say:
let's
talk
together
about
what
we're
doing
for
the
for
youth
homelessness
in
our
state,
and
you
know
you
with
the
terrific
support
of
ncsl,
you
have
individuals
who
can
give
you
tools
that
you
can
take
into
those
meetings,
ideas
from
other
states
that
you
can
share
at
those
meetings
and
say:
why
aren't
we
doing
this?
Why
aren't
we
trying
this?
A
You
know
we
have?
We
may
have
federal
funding
available
for
it
there's
a
lot
that
can
be
done
even
without
funding.
A
lot
of
this
is
just
a
paradigm
shift
that
doesn't
necessarily
even
provide
require
funds,
but
I
think
what
I
would
suggest
is,
whenever
you're
doing
these
kind
of
agency
meetings,
it's
important
to
have
really
clear
goals.
A
Smart
goals,
I
think,
is
what
they're
called
you
know,
try
to
be
really
clear
about.
Why
are
we
needing?
What
do
we
want
to
accomplish?
What
are
some
accountability
measures
that
we
want
to
put
in
place
to
find
out
whether
these
meetings
are
actually
generating
real
change
for
you,
or
are
we
just
going
to
kind
of
meet
and
meet
and
need?
Because
you
def,
you
don't
want
to
do
that?
You
certainly
don't
have
time
for
that,
and
you
certainly
don't
have
time
for
that
either.
A
I
would
there's
plenty
of
room
for
legislation.
You
know.
Ncsl
has
lots
and
lots
of
tools
that
you
can
use.
Schoolhouse
connection
does
as
well
to
see
where
your
state
stands
in
the
context
of
other
states.
I'm
sure
that
for
all
of
you
there
are
areas
in
which
you
are
tremendous
leaders.
Your
state
is
a
tremendous
leader
and
there
are
other
areas
where
you
can
learn
and
grow
learning
from
other
states.
That's
true
for
anything.
A
So
you
know
there
are
plenty
of
opportunities
to
look
at
what's
out
there
in
other
states
and
what
might
be
a
good
fit
for
you
and
design
legislation
around
that,
and
I
know
that
ncsl
is
happy
to
help
you
with
that.
Looking
at
issues
like
early
childhood
education
again,
I
was
just
reading
an
article
this
morning
about
how
many
child
care
facilities
closed
during
the
pandemic.
A
So
if
you
are
a
youth
experiencing
homelessness,
who
has
a
child,
you
can't
go
to
school
or
work
if
you
don't
have
access
to
child
care.
So,
looking
at
everything
from
child
care
up
to
you
know
a
lot
of
the
other
systemic
issues
that
I've
mentioned,
and
the
last
thing
I
would
just
mention
is
funding
again.
I
I
do
think
that
a
lot
of
change
can
happen
without
any
new
funding
at
all.
A
A
lot
of
this
is
just
looking
at
what
we're
already
doing
and
changing
it
based
on
lessons
learned
with
the
same
funds,
but
I
do
think
that
there's
so
much
room
for
you
all
to
lead
and
support
on
budget
line
items
in
your
state
to
make
improvements
in
how
systems
respond
to
homelessness
and
how
systems
can
be
a
pathway
out
of
homelessness,
but
really
to
put
accountability
on
that
too.
I
think
a
lot
of
times
we
put
you
know
we
allocate
funding
for
certain
programs
and
there's
not
necessarily
accountability
to
measure
those
outcomes.
A
A
There
is
just
a
piece
of
legislation
I
was
involved
with
in
florida,
for
example,
to
provide
support
for
youth,
experiencing
homelessness
in
college
and
part
of
the
legislation.
Is
that
there's
going
to
be
now
their
basically
their
gao
in
florida
is
going
to
do
a
study
and
see
well?
Is
this
working
and
come
back
in
a
year
and
report
to
the
legislature
on
you
know?
We
said
that
colleges
had
to
have
people
on
campus
who
were
going
to
help
youth
experiencing
homelessness.
A
Let's
find
out.
Are
they
on
campus?
Do
youth
know
how
to
find
them?
Are
they
providing
services
and,
let's
figure
out,
what's
working?
What's
not
working,
so
we
can
make
this
program
better
and
that's
something
I
really
love
about
that
particular
example
of
legislation.
Is
it's
innovative,
it's
something
that
we
know
works,
but
it
also
includes
it
at
this
accountability
and
this
evolution
of.
Let's
make
sure
it's
really
working,
let's
keep
evolving,
let's
keep
making
it
better
over
time,
so
just
one
kind
of
example
from
one
particular
state
there.