Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness (ECYEH)

We can help with the following:

School enrollment/placement

Agency referrals (clothing, food, shelter)

Tracking/transferring school records

Accessing educational programs

Interagency problem-solving

Increasing public awareness of homelessness

Consultative phone calls to answer school, agency and shelter questions

Training and education

Outreach visits

School supplies/clothing

Our goal

• Ensure that all children and youth experiencing homelessness enroll, participate, and have the opportunity to succeed in school
• Ensure children and youth experiencing homelessness receive a free and appropriate public education on an equal basis
• Eliminate and/or reduce educational barriers through the use of local “best practices” and the authorized activities of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act
• Reduce the disruption in the educational lives of children and youth experiencing homelessness
• Increase awareness about the nature and extent of the problems children and youth experiencing homelessness have enrolling in and gaining access to educational programs
• Explain and build on the laws and policies already in place, which overcome these barriers

Student's Rights

• The right to immediate enrollment in school, even if lacking paperwork normally required
• The right to 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
• The right to receive transportation to his/her school of origin, if this is requested by the
  parent
• The right to services comparable to those
  received by housed schoolmates, including transportation and supplemental educational services
• The right to attend school along with children not experiencing homelessness. Segregation based on a student’s status as homeless is strictly prohibited