SCS Displaced Student Services

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THERE WHEN STUDENT NEED US MOST

Common Warning Signs of Displaced Students

1. Lack of Continuity in Education

2. Poor Health/Nutrition

3. Transportation and Attendance Problems

4. Poor Hygiene

5. Lack of Privacy/Personal Space After School

6. Social and Behavioral Concerns

7. Reaction/Statements by Parents, Guardian, or Child

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Who Qualifies For Services?

Children or youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including:

Sharing the housing of others due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason (“doubling up”)Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, camping grounds due to the lack of adequate alternative accommodationsLiving in emergency or transitional sheltersAbandoned in hospitals

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Who Qualifies? (cont)

Awaiting foster care placementLiving in a public or private place not designed for humans to liveLiving in cars, parks, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or a similar settingMigratory children living in the above circumstancesUnaccompanied youth living in the above circumstances

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Where to Find the Information

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Present Housing SituationWhere does your child stay at night? (Please check one.) Home/apartment owned or rented by the parent(s)/guardian(s) With a relative or friend (family does not have a residence) In a shelter In a motel In an automobile A campsite In housing that is inadequate (i.e. no electricity, no running water, etc.) Other housing (please explain) ________________________________

The information is located on the 2nd page of the Student Enrollment form. The parent or guardian of each student is required to answer this question. If any answer other than Home ?apartment owned or rented by the parents/guardian is an indication that the student is homeless.

What’s New in Powerschool – New Indicators for

Homeless Students

The information is located on the Background Data screen

• Homeless – Unaccompanied Youth (a homeless student who is not living with a parent or guardian) valid entries are:

1. Homeless and unaccompanied

2. Homeless but not unaccompanied

3. Blank(N/A)-homeless but not unaccompanied

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What’s New in Powerschool

The information is located on the Background Data screen

• Homeless – Primary Nighttime Residence:

1. Shelters, transitional housing, awaiting foster care

2. Doubled up (living with another family)

3. Unsheltered (cars, parks, campgrounds, temporary trailer, abandoned building)

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What’s New in Powerschool

The information is located on the Background Data screen

• Homeless – Served by McKinney-Vento (a homeless student served by federal McKinney-Vento funds any time during the school year) valid entries are:

1. Y=Served by McKinney-Vento

2. N=Not served by McKinney-Vento

3. Blank=Not served by McKinney-Vento

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For Additional Information Contact

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Dolores P FlaggHomeless Liaison

2601 KetchumMemphis, TN 38107901 416-7284 office

901 590-5677 mobile901 416-7283 fax