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
• High School Counselors
• 2007-2008

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Whats New?

• Procedures for Enrollment and Operation School
  Bell
• Application for School of Origin transportation
• Guaranteed Annual Level of Service
• Service Assessment
• Counselor/Advocate Handbook

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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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Now you see it
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Now you dont!!!
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At the Counter
M
H - Hotel/Motel M - Multifamily S Shelter O -
Other
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New Steps to Provide Services
1. Identification by clerk/registrar
2. Copy of CCF-705 given to Counselor
4. Call Title I HOPE Project
Facilitator
3. Service Assessment
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Service Assessment
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Service Starts with YOU

• Service Assessment
• Parents calling our office will be referred to
  the Title I HOPE Advocate at the school to
  explore resources.

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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 Special Education Facilitator
• Transportation is routed through Title I HOPE
• Expedited Evaluation

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Parent Communication As Easy as 1, 2, 3!
1. Parent letter plus
2. Pamphlet
3. Counselor and/or advocate name
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Federal Law

• The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance
  Improvements Act of 2001 guarantees homeless
  students a free, appropriate public education.

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• The McKinney-Vento Act defines children and youth
  who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime
  residence as homeless.
• People living in multifamily situations
• People living in hotels or motels
• People living in shelters
• Children awaiting foster care
• People living in cars, parks, campgrounds,
  or on the street

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Foster Care

• Children living in foster care are not
• considered homeless.
• Children awaiting foster care are
• considered homeless.

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Kinship Law

• Age 62 or older
• Non-needy caretaker relative
• Care for child for 6 months or more
• Child related by blood, adoption or marriage
• File for legal guardianship
• Comply with court requirements

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Causes of Homelessness

• Lack of affordable housing
• Limited education
• Low incomes
• Health problems
• Domestic violence
• Natural disasters

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Economic hardship means homelessness IF

• there are limited financial resources and
  family or youth has been forced to leave personal
  residence and share housing due to the inability
  to pay rent or other bills.

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A long-term cooperative living arrangement

• among families or
  friends that is fixed, regular, and adequate
  should NOT be considered a homeless situation,
  even if the parties are living together to save
  money.

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In other words

• Fixed Regular Adequate
• NOT
• HOMELESS
• Lacking any one of these three conditions would
  make a child eligible for Title I HOPE services.

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The Impact of Homelessness

• Physical Health
• Hunger
• Acute Illness
• Chronic Illness
• Mental Health
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Education
• School Transfers/Absences
• Lag in Academic Achievement
• Higher Drop Out Rates

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Clark County School District2006-2007
More than 3,400 students were identified and
received Title I HOPE services during the last
school year.
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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
• Clothes closet at selected sites
• Project S.O.S. (See Our Smiles)
• College Scholarships

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RememberYour Tools for Success

• Counselor/Advocate Handbook
• Service Assessment Form
• Communication with Title I HOPE
• Interact Site

Global Resources
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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
Arias Utility Worker