The Ending Student Homelessness Podcast Series brings together a variety of leaders committed to understanding and addressing the issue of homelessness, and student homelessness. Homelessness is complex and challenging, and its demise demands the hands, hearts, and minds of many. Each episode of this series interrogates nuances and patterns of homelessness and offer insights from thought leaders in this field. Family and youth homelessness frequently intersect with child welfare and child welfare professionals can learn from the variety of housing professionals in these interviews.
Episode 1: Homework Starts With Home: Greater Minnesota Part 1
- Brandi Wilkie is the Rental Assistance Specialist for Clay County HRA
- Amy Riccio is the Transitional Student Support and Homeless Liasion for Moorhead School District
- Sierra Neeland-Martinez is the Youth Self-Sufficiency Advocate for Lakes and Prairies Community Action
- Chandra Calixte is the Family Case Manager for Churches United Micah’s Mission
Take a listen to this two-part episode where the group of professionals is in conversation about challenges and opportunities to address homelessness within their respective roles.
Episode 2: Homework Starts with Home: Greater Minnesota Part 2
- Brandi Wilkie is the Rental Assistance Specialist for Clay County HRA
- Amy Riccio is the Transitional Student Support and Homeless Liasion for Moorhead School District
- Sierra Neeland-Martinez is the Youth Self-Sufficiency Advocate for Lakes and Prairies Community Action
- Chandra Calixte is the Family Case Manager for Churches United Micah’s Mission
Take a listen to this two-part episode where the group of professionals is in conversation about challenges and opportunities to address homelessness within their respective roles.
Episode 3: Ending Student Homelessness with Charlotte Kinzley
Episode 4: Ending Family Homelessness with Marybeth Shinn
Marybeth (Beth) Shinn is a Cornelius Vanderbilt professor at Vanderbilt University who studies how to prevent and end homelessness. She was co-principal investigator of the 12-site Family Options experiment examining approaches to ending family homelessness, the evaluator for the initial study of the Pathways Housing First program in New York City, and the developer of a model used by that city to target its homelessness prevention services. Her 2020 book with Jill Khadduri, In the midst of plenty: Homelessness and what to do about it (Wiley], surveys research to show that we know how to end homelessness, if we devote the necessary resources to doing so. Beth has received research or publication awards from the Society for Community Research and Action, the Society for Research on Adolescence, and the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. She serves on her local Homeless Planning Council and on the Research Council for the National Alliance to End Homelessness.