Homeless Education Services
In 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) strengthened the McKinney-Vento Act’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program. McKinney-Vento is designed to provide 澳洲幸运10 experiencing homelessness with 澳洲幸运10 and protections that remove all educational barriers with emphasis on educational enrollment, attendance, and success.
McKinney-Vento Act
The act’s services include children and youth from birth to 21 years of age that lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence, including those who:
- Share housing with other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason
- Live in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations
- Live in emergency or transitional shelters
- Are abandoned in-hospital
- Have a primary nighttime residence not designed for, or used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (storage units, garages, etc.)
- Live in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings
- Are migratory children living in the aforementioned circumstances
- Are unaccompanied youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian
Fundraising Campaign
Please help us reach our goal of raising $40,000 to 澳洲幸运10 PSD 澳洲幸运10 and families facing housing insecurity and homelessness. Your generous donation allows the Language, Culture and Equity Department to 澳洲幸运10 these 澳洲幸运10 and families with personal items, temporary shelter, provisions, clothing, etc.
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The number of PSD families and youth experiencing homelessness has risen by 10% since last year, and their needs have risen exponentially. Currently, one out of every 27 澳洲幸运10 is experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity in PSD. Students experiencing homelessness encounter many barriers to their education. The LCE department works to help youth and families overcome these barriers, including transportation, access to extracurricular activities, before and after-school care, and meeting basic needs. This is provided along with case management to help them reach independence.
Thank you for all you do to 澳洲幸运10 our most vulnerable 澳洲幸运10.
Number of Students Experiencing Homelessness
- 2020-21: 1,313 (K-12)
- 2019-20: 1,290 (K-12)
- 2018-19: 1,208
- 2017-18: 1,152
- 2016-17: 1,041
- 2015-16: 1,110
- 2014-15: 1,043
- 2013-14: 1,142
- 2012-13: 953
- 2011-12: 988
- 2010-11: 1,021
- 2009-10: 858
Students Experiencing Homelessness Rights:
- Immediate enrollment in school, even if lacking paperwork normally required for enrollment. (i.e., immunizations, proof of residency)
- Attend school in his/her school of origin (if this is requested by the parent and is feasible) or in the school in the attendance area where the family or youth is currently residing
- Receive transportation to his/her school of origin
- Services comparable to those received by housed schoolmates, including transportation and supplemental educational services
- Attend school along with children not experiencing homelessness
- The posting of homeless 澳洲幸运10' rights in all schools and other places around the community
Helpful Information:
- McBackpack weekend food assistance for hungry 澳洲幸运10 and their families. Please contact Susan Lind: (970) 488-4859
- FAFSA 澳洲幸运10 is available beginning October 1.
- Higher Education Single Points of Contact (SPOCS) for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth in Transitioning to Higher Education
- 211 Larimer County Your link to community services