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Homeless Services
The McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act authorizes
direct services that enable homeless
children, including preschool-aged
children and youth, to enroll, attend,
and achieve success in school. The
primary goals of the Oklahoma City
Public Schools homeless education
program is to ensure that barriers are
reduced or eliminated so that the
students served in the program will
enroll, attend school and be successful. |
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GOALS
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To
identify children and youth
who are homeless |
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To
enroll homeless children in
school |
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To
provide intervention
services to homeless
students |
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To
track homeless students
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To
provide awareness training
to School Board staff,
students, parents, and
community agencies |
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HOMELESS
DEFINITION
The term "homeless
children and youth" means individuals
who lack fixed, regular, and adequate
nighttime residence… and 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). The term "unaccompanied
youth" includes a youth not in the
physical custody of a parent or
guardian.
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SERVICES
AVAILABLE
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Assistance with school
enrollment |
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Assistance with obtaining
school records |
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Tutorial services
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Assistance with
transportation to school,
appointments, etc.
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Assistance with obtaining
appointments for medical
examinations, immunizations,
etc. |
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Assistance with obtaining
dental check-ups and birth
certificates |
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Assistance with clothing and
school supplies |
STUDENT
ELIGIBILITY
Homeless assistance
within the District serves eligible
children and youth from birth to 21
years of age. This includes children who
are eligible for Head Start, Even Start,
and preschool programs administered by
the District.
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REFERRAL
PROCEDURES
Teachers,
principals, school social workers,
parents, school psychologists, students,
and community agency staff may refer
individuals in the community. Many of
the district’s schools have a homeless
education liaison to assist those in
need of assistance and to help ease the
difficulties encountered by homeless
families. Please contact our Homeless
Education Coordinator at 587-0383 for
further information. |
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