McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act

Title X Part C, No Child Left Behind Act - 2001Milwaukee Public Schools

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

Milwaukee Public Schools Title X Part C, No Child Left Behind Act - 2001

Ensuring School Success for

Homeless Students June 2012

"Before the HEP my kids were failing school. They had to switch schools three times in one year. When I tried to keep them in a school after I had to move, they missed a lot of days because I couldn't always get them there. Now, thanks to the HEP, they get to stay in their school and have a bus. The HEP also helped out with school supplies, clothing, and lots of other things. Now my children love going to school and are passing all of their subjects!"- MPS Parent, 2005

"Before the HEP my kids were failing school. They had to switch schools three times in one year. When I tried to keep them in a school after I had to move, they missed a lot of days because I couldn't always get them there. Now, thanks to the HEP, they get to stay in their school and have a bus. The HEP also helped out with school supplies, clothing, and lots of other things. Now my children love going to school and are passing all of their subjects!" - MPS Parent, 2010

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act• Original legislation passed in 1987 addressed services for homeless individuals, such as increasing emergency shelters

• 1990 and 1994 amendments expanded the definition and increased the mandates for educational services.

• Reauthorized most recently in 2001. Since then, school districts are required to appoint a Homeless Liaison to ensure identification and provision of services.

Definitions of Homeless

Children and Youth Lack fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime Lack fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime

residenceresidence Share housing (due to loss or hardship)Share housing (due to loss or hardship)

Live in hotels, motels, campgrounds, Live in hotels, motels, campgrounds, emergency or transitional sheltersemergency or transitional shelters

Abandoned in hospitals, Abandoned in hospitals, awaitingawaiting foster care foster care

Definitions of Homeless Children and Youth

continued Primary nighttime residence not Primary nighttime residence not

designed or ordinarily used as a regular designed or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodationsleeping accommodation

Live in cars, parks, public spaces, Live in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus, or train stationshousing, bus, or train stations

Definitions of Homeless Children and Youth continued

Unaccompanied youth (youth not in the Unaccompanied youth (youth not in the

physical custody of a parent or guardian)physical custody of a parent or guardian)

Migratory children who qualify as homeless Migratory children who qualify as homeless because of their living situationbecause of their living situation

McKinney-Vento requires the

elimination of barriers to

school enrollment and school success

Barriers to School Success

High mobilityHigh mobility

Lack of staff awarenessLack of staff awareness

Inability to complete school assignmentsInability to complete school assignments

Lack of psychological, social work, nursing Lack of psychological, social work, nursing servicesservices Poor health and inadequate medical carePoor health and inadequate medical care

Physical needs -- food, clothing, health carePhysical needs -- food, clothing, health care

Barriers to Enrollment

Lack of immunization recordsLack of immunization records Lack of medical recordsLack of medical records

Lack of school records Lack of school records

Lack of birth certificatesLack of birth certificates

Guardianship/residency Guardianship/residency requirements not uniformly requirements not uniformly interpreted by schoolinterpreted by school

Immediate Enrollment

McKinney-Vento requires schools McKinney-Vento requires schools to to immediatelyimmediately enroll children enroll children and youth experiencing and youth experiencing homelessness even if they are homelessness even if they are lacking required records.lacking required records.

All barriers to enrollment must All barriers to enrollment must be removed and student must be be removed and student must be able to fully participating in able to fully participating in school within 24 hours.school within 24 hours.

Comparable Services

Homeless children and youth must Homeless children and youth must receive comparable services to those receive comparable services to those received by all other children including received by all other children including special education, tutoring, ELL, special education, tutoring, ELL, translation, Title 1, School Nutrition, translation, Title 1, School Nutrition, Before and after school programs, Before and after school programs, extracurricular programs and school extracurricular programs and school psychological, social work and nursing psychological, social work and nursing services.services.Homeless students may not be excluded from any school program due to homeless status.

Educational Stability & Continuity

Schools must keep homeless children in the school of Schools must keep homeless children in the school of origin to the extent feasible, except where contrary origin to the extent feasible, except where contrary to the wishes of the parent or guardian. to the wishes of the parent or guardian.

The The school of originschool of origin is the school that the child or is the school that the child or youth attended when permanently housed or the youth attended when permanently housed or the school where the child or youth was last enrolledschool where the child or youth was last enrolled

Educational Stability & Continuitycontinued

Every time a student changes school during the course of Every time a student changes school during the course of the year she/he loses 4-6 months of academic progress the year she/he loses 4-6 months of academic progress — National Association for the Education of Homeless — National Association for the Education of Homeless Children And Youth (NAEHCY)Children And Youth (NAEHCY)

The child or youth’s right to attend their school of origin The child or youth’s right to attend their school of origin extends to the end of the school year, even if the student extends to the end of the school year, even if the student becomes permanently housed during the school year.becomes permanently housed during the school year.

Transportation

Transportation is provided Transportation is provided for the duration of for the duration of homelessness.homelessness.

Transportation may be needed to keep a child in the school Transportation may be needed to keep a child in the school of origin.of origin.

If a student must cross If a student must cross district lines to remain in district lines to remain in the school of origin, the school of origin, transportation must still transportation must still be provided. Both be provided. Both districts share the cost.districts share the cost.

Other Services/Supports• Free MealsFree Meals• School SuppliesSchool Supplies• Waiver of school feesWaiver of school fees

• Information and referral assistance for medical, Information and referral assistance for medical, dental, vision care, food pantries/programs, clothing dental, vision care, food pantries/programs, clothing banks etc. and/or social services agenciesbanks etc. and/or social services agencies

• Opportunities for parents to have meaningful Opportunities for parents to have meaningful participation in their children’s schooling.participation in their children’s schooling.

• Enrollment in before and after school programs (i.e. Enrollment in before and after school programs (i.e. CLC’s)CLC’s)• Tutoring ServicesTutoring Services

• School uniforms (when applicable)School uniforms (when applicable)

Outreach and Networking• Internal trainingInternal training• Resource FairsResource Fairs• Community agency training, including Community agency training, including sheltersshelters• Other districtsOther districts• ConferencesConferences

• Committees and workgroupsCommittees and workgroups

• DonationsDonations

National Data on Homeless ChildrenConsolidated State Performance Report

Summary of the State of Researchon the Relationship Between Homelessness and Academic Achievement

Among School-Aged Children and YouthNational Center for Homeless Education

Diana Bowman, Christina Dukes, Jan MooreJanuary 2012

A January 5, 2010 UW Madison research article found that one renter-occupied household in every 20 is evicted each year. In neighborhoods in which the majority of residents are black, the number jumps to one in 10 renter-occupied households evicted each year.“The hardest hit are women and their children, whose lives are severely disrupted by such mobility. Eviction, in fact, can be thought of as the feminine equivalent to incarceration. Nearly 60 percent of the 50,538 tenants evicted in Milwaukee County between 2003 and 2007 were female, his research found.”“If you’re evicted, you carry this stain and you’re pushed to the very bottom of the rental market,” he says. “most landlords won’t take you, so you end up with really unscrupulous landlords.”

Wisconsin Statistics

MPS Homeless Education Program

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Questions?

Milwaukee Public Schools

Homeless Education Program (HEP) Homeless Education Program (HEP) 5225 W. Vliet Street, Room 1335225 W. Vliet Street, Room 133

Milwaukee, WI 53208Milwaukee, WI 53208(414) 475-8911 Fax: (414) 777-7803(414) 475-8911 Fax: (414) 777-7803

HomelessHomeless Liaison: Patricia GillLiaison: Patricia GillHomeless Coordinator: Janis Shogren (Bilingual)Homeless Coordinator: Janis Shogren (Bilingual)Homeless Coordinator: Kimberly KampschroerHomeless Coordinator: Kimberly Kampschroer

Homeless Coordinator: Cathy Klein (414) 475-8532Homeless Coordinator: Cathy Klein (414) 475-8532

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act

Title X Part C, No Child Left Behind Act - 2001Milwaukee Public Schools

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act

Milwaukee Public Schools Title X Part C, No Child Left Behind Act - 2001

“If kids come from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job important .” — Barbara Colorose, author