Title I HOPE Homeless Outreach Program for Education

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• Title I HOPE Homeless Outreach Program for
  Education
• Homeless Awareness
• Training Program for
• Special Education Leadership
• 2007-2008

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Special Education Children and Youth
Experiencing Homelessness Have the Right to a
Free and Appropriate Public Education
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The Scale of Homelessness

• Up to two million people will experience
  homelessness this year.
• Approximately half will be children and youth.
• The fastest growing segment of the homeless
  population is families.
• National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty

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Who is homeless?

• An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and
  adequate nighttime residence, including children
  and youth
• Sharing housing due to loss of housing or
  economic hardship.
• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or
  camping grounds due to lack of alternative
  adequate housing.
• Living in emergency or transitional housing.

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Who is homeless? (contd)

• Children and youth
• Abandoned in hospitals.
• Awaiting foster care.
• Having a primary nighttime residence that is a
  public or private place not designed for, or
  ordinarily used as, regular sleeping
  accommodations.
• Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned
  buildings, substandard housing, bus or train
  stations.
• Migratory children meeting the homeless
  definition.

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Possible Signs HomelessnessThese
characteristics could be attributed to students
with other issues as well as those students
experiencing homelessness.

• Attendance at several schools
• More than one family at the same address
• Attention seeking behavior
• Hunger hoarding of food
• Poor hygiene grooming
• Sleeping in class

• Inappropriate dress for the weather
• Some common statements used by homeless students
  include
• Weve moved a lot
• We are staying with relatives/friends while
  looking for a place
• Were going through a bad time now

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McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act, 2001
(P.L. 107-110, Title X, Part C)

• Reauthorizes the McKinney Act, originally enacted
  in 1987
• Requires
• enrollment,
• attendance, and
• success for children and youth experiencing
  homelessness
• Still remains the only federal legislation that
  addresses homelessness

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Enrollment McKinney-Vento Act

• Requires public schools to immediately enroll
  students experiencing homelessness regardless of
  documentation, such as
• Proof of residency,
• School records, or
• Immunization records
• Birth certificate
• not being available at the time of enrollment.

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EnrollmentMcKinney-Vento Act

• Allows students to stay in their school of
  origin, if parent/unaccompanied youth prefers and
  is feasible.
• Requires public notice of educational rights of
  homeless children and youth be posted in all
  public schools.
• Requires unaccompanied youth be provided
  educational access.

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ENROLLMENT CHANGES

• NO ENROLLMENT VOUCHERS
• Use the Clark County School District
• CCF-705 Registration Form as the
  enrollment tool for homeless students
• Information maintained and retained
  on SASI
• The Homeless Field indicates residency

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McKinney-Vento Requires Expedited Services

• Immediate identification
• Enrollment on CCF-705 as homeless according to
  residency criteria
• Referral to counselor
• Entry into SASI as homeless
• Special Education identification
• Pre-K enrollment
• Offer School of Origin, if applicable
• Nutrition
• Access to extra-curricular activities

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Expedited Special Education Servicesfor
Students Identified as Homeless

• Communication with Title I HOPE Advocate
• Transportation is routed through
• Title I HOPE
• Expedited Evaluation

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Title I HOPE supports McKinney-Vento by
providing

• Free breakfast and lunch
• School supplies and backpacks
• Transportation to School of Origin
• Birth Certificates
• Curriculum support at school sites
• Summer School Tuition Grant
• After-School Enrichment Program
• Clothing
• Project S.O.S. (See Our Smiles)
• College Scholarships

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Education is the key to breaking the cycle of
homelessness
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Title I HOPE855-6682
Myra Berkovits Coordinator Susan
Goldman SE Region Project Facilitator Jeanne
Lange SW Region Project Facilitator Sara
Duncan NE Region Project Facilitator Dee
Fite NW Region Project Facilitator Jura
Leak East Region Project Facilitator Trudy
Coleman Student Success Advocate Willie
Springfield Office Specialist II Juan
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