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Chapter 8: Support Services <br />- Fund shelters, multiservice centers, employment programs, and larger <br />affordable housing sites in all parts of the county to provide on-site child care. <br />Encourage on-site mutual caregivers support, including baby sitting, mothers' <br />groups, and play groups. <br />- Support the creation of child care centers in new affordable housing <br />developments and in areas where significant affordable housing development is <br />occurring, such as military base closures and transit-based mixed-use <br />developments. <br />- Ensure that all families cut off of welfare receive transitional child care. <br />- Advocate at the state level for increased child care subsidies as part of welfare <br />reform. <br />- Provide training and technical assistance materials to providers serving <br />homeless children to enhance their understanding of the special needs of <br />homeless children. <br />~ Strengthen and expand public school programs serving homeless students. <br />Strengthen and expand existing public school and community efforts toward <br />recognizing the educational rights and needs of homeless children, removing barriers to <br />their educational success, and ensuring that school provides a nurturing environment <br />away from the rigors of homelessness. <br />Action Stens <br />Support existing County and school district programs working to meet the needs <br />of homeless children. <br />Convene acounty-wide collaborative of Alameda County Office of Education <br />representatives, school district personnel, homeless service providers, and <br />children's advocates, to develop a pilot training program open to <br />administrators, teachers, homeless service providers, and homeless people. <br />Four training sessions will be provided, one in each sub part of the county. <br />The curriculum will be adaptable for later annual administrator/teacher <br />in-service training. The curriculum will cover: <br />• The experience of homeless children <br />• Services available in the community to help homeless children <br />• Strategies to support academic progress and to alleviate peer stigma <br />• Legal rights of homeless children to remain in a school after moving out <br />of the district and for prompt transfer of all records after switching <br />schools <br />Organize volunteer tutor programs targeted to homeless children. Recruit <br />volunteers through libraries, colleges, and universities. <br />Alameda County-Wide Homeless Continuum of Care Plan: April 1997 <br />109 <br />