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Staffing Interventions to Support Students Experiencing Homelessness: Evidence from New York City

There is limited empirical evidence about educational interventions for students experiencing homelessness, who experience distinct disadvantages compared to their low-income peers. We explore how two school staffing interventions in New York City shaped attendance outcomes of students experiencing homelessness using administrative records from 2013-2022 and a difference-in-differences estimator. We find suggestive evidence that an intervention that placed social workers in schools to serve students experiencing homelessness is associated with a 1.2 percentage point increase in average attendance rates of students in shelter. We discuss this small association relative to program costs and implications for education policies targeting homeless students.

Keywords
counseling/student services, educational policy, educational equity
Education level
Document Object Identifier (DOI)
10.26300/6qdq-vv37
EdWorkingPaper suggested citation:
O’Hagan, Kaitlyn G., and Zitsi Mirakhur. (). Staffing Interventions to Support Students Experiencing Homelessness: Evidence from New York City. (EdWorkingPaper: -1078). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/6qdq-vv37

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