Picking Up the Pieces: Strengthening Connections with Students Experiencing Homelessness and Children in Foster Care. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor. U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session (May 19, 2021). Serial No. 117-15

This document records testimony from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education that was held to discuss strengthening connections with students experiencing homelessness and children in foster care. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, Chairman, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; and (2) Honorable Burgess Owens, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Witness statements were presented by: (1) Gretchen Davis, Foster Parent; (2) Jennifer Erb-Downward, Senior Research Associate, Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan; (3) James F. Lane, Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction, Virginia Department of Education; and (4) Michelle Linder-Coates, Executive Director, School District of Philadelphia. Additional submissions include: (1) Questions submitted for the record by: Honorable Lucy McBath, a Representative in Congress from the State of Georgia; and (2) Response to question submitted for the record by: Mr. Lane.