Homeless and Foster Care PEIMs Overview

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Homeless and Foster Care PEIMs Overview

• David Ray
• Region 10 Education Service CEnter

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Website

• www.region10.org/mvh
• www.region10.org/fostercare
• David Ray
• David.Ray_at_Region10.org
• 972.348.1786

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Who is homeless
homeless children and youth (A) means
individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and
adequate nighttime residence and (B) includes
(i) children and youths who are sharing the
housing of other persons due to loss of housing,
economic hardship, or a similar reason are
living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or
camping grounds due to the lack of alternative
accommodations are living in emergency or
transitional shelters are abandoned in
hospitals or are awaiting foster care
placement (ii) children and youths who have a
primary nighttime residence that is a public or
private place not designed for or ordinarily used
as a regular sleeping accommodation for human
beings (iii) children and youths who are living
in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned
buildings, substandard housing, bus or train
stations, or similar settings and (iv) migratory
children who qualify as homeless for the purposes
of this subtitle because the children are living
in circumstances described in clauses (i) through
(iii).
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PEIMS Homeless Identification
Homeless PEIMS Indicators 100 RecordColumn 79 Homeless PEIMS Indicators 100 RecordColumn 79
0 Not homeless at any time during the school year
1 Unsheltered
2 Doubled-Up
3 Sheltered
4 Hotel or Motel
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Unaccompanied youth examples
Unaccompanied
Homeless
Students not with legal guardians
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Unaccompanied youth examples
In 1938, Huey, Dewey and Louie are sent to live
with Uncle Donald because their father was in
the hospital and their mother, Della Duck
(Donalds twin sister), could not care for them.
Homeless Unaccompanied
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Unaccompanied youth examples
By 1941, the boys had permanently moved in with
Donald. However, guardianship transfer was never
sought.
Students not with legal guardians
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Unaccompanied youth examples
In 1987, Donald joined the navy. He made a plan
with his Uncle, Scrooge McDuck, to watch the boys
while he was away.
Students not with legal guardians
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Unaccompanied youth examples
Homeless Unaccompanied
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Unaccompanied youth examples

• 1 in 10 report being raped
• 1 in 100 die each year, the vast majority from
  suicide
• 75 report at least one parent who abused drugs
  or alcohol
• 20-40 were sexually abused in their homes
• 40-60 were physically abused
• Many youth have been thrown out because of their
  sexual orientation (20-40 identify as LGBT)
• 10 of currently homeless female teenagers are
  pregnant

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PEIMS Unaccompanied Identification
Unaccompanied Youth PEIMS Indicators 100 RecordColumn 80 Unaccompanied Youth PEIMS Indicators 100 RecordColumn 80
3 Homeless Student is in the physical custody of a parent or legal guardian for the entire school year
5 Homeless Student is not in the physical custody of a parent or legal guardian at any time during the school year.
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Unaccompanied Youth Test

• Any student who is homeless and not in the
  physical custody of their parent or legal
  guardian are considered an unaccompanied youth.

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Unaccompanied youth test

• Jennys parents recently died. She has since been
  doubled up with a friend. Her disabilities of
  minority have been removed by a court and she is
  therefore emancipated. Jenny is 17. Is she
  considered an unaccompanied youth?

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Unaccompanied youth test

• My district recently enrolled a 3 year old
  student who is homeless. The student is being
  passed around to various family friends houses.
  The parents returned to their home country due to
  financial hardship and health issues. Should this
  student be considered an unaccompanied youth?

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Unaccompanied youth test

• Bianca is 20. She is homeless and lives by
  herself, crashing on various friends couches
  throughout the year. She would code Bianca as
  both homeless and unaccompanied?

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Unaccompanied youth test

• Donald is a homeless unaccompanied student.
  Donald is 17. He was recently married. Is Donald
  still considered an unaccompanied youth.

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Homeless Questions

• Homelessness has no timeline limitations
• PEIMS codes remain the same once student is coded
  homeless for that year
• The homeless liaison makes the final
  determination of homeless status
• Migrant students are not automatically homeless

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Foster Care

• Video

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PEIMS Identification for Foster Care
Foster Care PEIMS Indicators 102 RecordColumn 30 Foster Care PEIMS Indicators 102 RecordColumn 30
0 Student is not currently in the conservatorship of the TX DFPS
1 Student is currently in the conservatorship of the TX DFPS
2 Pre-kindergarten student was previously in the conservatorship of the TX DFPS
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Acceptable Documentation

• Documentation required for a school to report a
  student as a Foster Care student is as follows
• For Foster Care Indicator Code 0, no
  documentation is required because the student is
  not currently in the conservatorship of the Texas
  DFPS when enrolling in the school.
• For Foster Care Indicator Code 1, the enrolling
  caregiver must provide a copy of the Texas DFPS
  Placement Authorization Form (Form 2085) or a
  court order that designates the student is in the
  conservatorship of the Department of Family and
  Protective Services.
• For Foster Care Indicator Code 2, the
  Pre-kindergarten student is enrolling in school
  for the purpose of participating as an eligible
  student in a Pre-kindergarten program and
  eligibility documentation must be provided. At
  least annually, the Texas DFPS and Child
  Protective Services will mail verification
  letters of PK eligibility to the parents and
  caregivers of eligible children who in turn must
  provide this verification documentation to the
  school at enrollment.
• Foster care status data should be handled with
  the utmost sensitivity and in accordance with all
  FERPA guidelines

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Acceptable Documentation

• Acceptable Documentation
• Foster Care/Residential Care 2085 FC
• Kinship or Other Non-Foster Caregiver 2085 KO
• Verified Kinship Foster Caregiver 2085 KF
• Legal Risk 2085 LR
• Home and Community-based Services (HCS) 2085
  HCS
• Supervised Independent Living 2085 SIL
• Designation of Education Decision-Maker 2085 E
• Designation of a Medical Consenter 2085 B
• DFPS Kinship Caregiver Agreement 0695
• Court-Order naming Texas DFPS as the TMC or PMC

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Other cps forms (not Acceptable)

• Placement Authorization forms from Child Placing
  Agencies
• Letters from Child Placing Agencies
• Memorandums and Letters on DFPS letterhead
  (unless for Pre-K Verification)
• Documents from another states child welfare
  agency
• Authorization Agreement for Nonparent Relative or
  Voluntary Caregiver The State of Texas
• Agreement for a Parental Child Safety Placement -
  2298

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Homelessness or foster care from THEO

• HERE

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Questions