The Homeless Education Program can provide:

• Assistance in school enrollment
• Advocacy to keep your child in his/her school of origin, if possible.
• Transportation assistance
• Resolution of school enrollment disputes
• Help to ensure students in transition receive appropriate educational services
• Backpacks & school supplies
• Assistance with school clothing
• The opportunity to be fully involved in your child’s academic experience

Do You Have Uncertain Housing? A Temporary or No Permanent Physical Address?

You are guaranteed enrollment in school by the Federal McKinney-Vento Act and California state law if you live:

• In a shelter (family, domestic violence, or youth shelter or transitional living program)
• In a motel, hotel, or weekly rate housing
• In a house or apartment with more than one family because of economic hardship or loss
• In an abandoned building, in a car, at a campground, or on the street
• In temporary foster care or with an adult who is not your parent or guardian
• In substandard housing (without electricity, water, or heat)
• With friends or family because you are a runaway or an unaccompanied youth

To enroll in or attend school if you live under any of these conditions, you do NOT need to provide:

• Proof of residency
• Immunization records or tuberculosis skin-test results
• School records
• Legal guardianship papers

You may:

• Participate fully in all school activities and programs for which you are eligible.
• Continue to attend the school in which you were last enrolled even if you have moved away from that school’s attendance zone or
• Receive transportation from your current residence back to your school of origin.
• Qualify automatically for child nutrition programs (free and reduced-price lunches and other district food programs).
• Contact the district liaison to resolve any disputes that arise during the enrollment

Parents’ responsibilities are to:

• Make sure your child attends school regularly and completes homework and projects on time.
• Attend parent/teacher conferences, Back-to-School Nights, and other school-related
• Stay informed of school rules, regulations, and Participate in school advisory/decision-making