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Aniyah C. O'Neal Book Mobile for Literacy Project

Literacy

Take time and read to your young ones. Don't have any young ones? Borrow some by donating your time, as a volunteer, to your local area schools, libraries, and organizations that support literacy. OH, THE PLACES WE'LL GO!

The Children in the Shadows:

New York City’s Homeless Students

More than 100,000 city public school students lack permanent housing, caught in bureaucratic limbo that often seems like a trap. This is what their lives are like.

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Removing Barriers to Online Enrollment for Students Experiencing Homelessness

As they attempt to enroll through online systems, families and youth experiencing homelessness struggle with limited access to technology and connectivity, as well as basic enrollment barriers such as lack of information about the McKinney-Vento Act, lack of a pathway to enroll without documents, and inaccessible language. Students and families for whom English is not their first language, and those unfamiliar with online platforms and processes, will be disproportionately impacted by these barriers.

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Remote Learning Presents Additional Challenge For Students Experiencing Homelessness

Education during a pandemic is hard enough, but for families experiencing homelessness, remote learning is especially challenging, and not in a good way.

 

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National Centers For Families Learning

National Centers For Families Learning

ProLiteracy  is the largest adult literacy and basic education membership organization in the United States.

ProLiteracy is the largest adult literacy and basic education membership organization in the United States.

According to the, National Center on Family Homelessness, approximately "2.5 million children are now homeless each year in America,"  and the number continues to grow.   It is a systemic problem - facing nearly every state, county, and city throughout the US.  Between 2013-2014 school year, there were an estimated 1.4 million school aged children not enrolled in US school systems.   Although there is no accurate means of measuring the exact number of children not enrolled, it is suspected that the number of homeless children significantly increase this number.   In 2015, 1,263,323 homeless students were registered in public schools.  As would be expected, a significant number of these children, without a stable environment, struggle to meet academic standards.  

One of Mary O'Neal's passions as an educator, was her fight for literacy.  As a core member who helped shape the Reading Is Fundemental program in the DC Public School System, Mary strongly believed that everyone had a right to proper basic education.   She also firmly believed that, if we are to effectively attack the problem of literacy, we need to start in the womb.  This program is specifically designed to function, adding the mobile, in the same manner as Mary O'Neal conducted her classes and reached out to involve the community at-large. 

When it comes to education, literacy should be our number one focus.  You can't solve a math problem if you can't read it.  You can't pay your bills if you can't read them.  Truth is, you can't fill out a job application if you can't read it.    

To assist in maintaining the educational development of these forgotten children, and their families, The Aniyah C. O'Neal Book Mobile for Literacy Project is designed to provide books, learning tools, mentoring, and tutoring to shelters that house homeless families with children within the Washington, DC Metropolitan are

PO Box 59004, Potomac, MD  20859 ~ (301) 646-4989 ~ info@ampocares.org

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IRS ID:  81-2878583
CID:   32728

 

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