Access our student homelessness trainings.

In 2025, Building Changes is pleased to offer virtual trainings for homeless student liaisons, school building staff, and community-based organizations in Washington State to help them better support students and families experiencing homelessness.

Upcoming Trainings in 2025:

• Know Your Rights: Discipline Appeals
  Monday, October 27 | 10:00-11:30am Pacific Time
  With our partners at TeamChild, we will provide step-by-step guidance on how to appeal disciplinary decisions such as suspensions or expulsions. Covers timelines, how to submit appeals, and what families should expect in a hearing. Families gain confidence to challenge unfair decisions, protect their child’s education, and use the appeals process as a tool for advocacy. 
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• Tenant Rights Training: Information for Domestic Violence Survivors
  Wednesday, October 29 | 10:00am-12:00pm Pacific Time
  Join Solid Ground tenant counselors as they discuss tenants’ rights and procedures under the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of Washington state. You’ll learn how to break a lease without liability after an incident of abuse, report an incident to a qualified third party, try to get an eviction off your tenant screening report, and get your security deposit back.
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• Storytelling for Advocacy, in partnership with National Network 4 Youth
  Wednesday, November 19 | 10:00am-11:30am Pacific Time
  Learn how to craft powerful, authentic stories that connect with decision-makers and public audiences by blending lived experience, data, and vision.
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• Tenant Rights Training: Options for When You Can’t Pay Rent
  Thursday, November 20 | 1:00pm-3:00pm Pacific Time
  Join Solid Ground tenant counselors to learn about current laws on rent increase and housing stabilization, the legal eviction process, and receive information on the moving out process and getting your deposit back.
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• IEP/504 Advocate Training
  Tuesday, December 2 | 11:00am-1:00pm Pacific Time
  With our partners TeamChild, we will break down the difference between an Individualized Education Program (IEP) and a 504 Plan. This training teaches families how to request evaluations, secure accommodations, and work effectively with school staff. Families leave with practical tools to advocate for services that help their child succeed and with knowledge of how to enforce their child’s special education rights.
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Upcoming Trainings in 2026:

• Meeting & Communicating with Decision Makers with National Network 4 Youth
  Thursday, January 22 | 10:00am-11:30am Pacific Time
  Tools for preparing and leading effective conversations with elected officials and staff, from framing your ask to building long-term relationships.
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• Know Your Rights: Attendance Policy Training
  Thursday, January 29 | 10:00am-12:00pm Pacific Time
  Led by the Office of Education Ombuds, this training will outline Washington State attendance laws and school responsibilities around excused and unexcused absences. Explains what schools can and cannot do when a student misses school, and the supports they must offer. Families understand how to protect their child’s attendance record, avoid unnecessary penalties, and push for supportive solutions when absences happen.
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To find recordings of our past trainings, see 2021-2023 Response to Student Homelessness Training Series