Mission

The New York State Technical and Education Assistance Center for Homeless Students (NYS-TEACHS) provides information, referrals, and trainings to schools, school districts, social service providers, parents, and others about the educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness. We are a project of Advocates for Children of New York, a nonprofit that works on behalf of New York City’s children who are at greatest risk for school-based discrimination and/or academic failure.

What We Do

We lead trainings (both in-person and webinars), create and share outreach materials, run a year-round hotline, support trauma-sensitive school programming, and more – all with the goal of ensuring that children and youth experiencing homelessness have access to school, stability in their educations, and success in the classroom and beyond.