Transcript Strategies for Meeting the Educational Needs of Children

VASFAA Conference
May 19, 2014
Patricia A. Popp, Ph.D., State Coordinator
Project HOPE – Virginia
The College of William & Mary
Mary Herrington-Babb, Coordinator
Richmond Public Schools
 Highlight key McKinney-Vento EHCY
requirements
 Define homelessness
 Liaisons
 K-12 Enrollment
 College transition
 Virginia specific
 Resources
 Your questions
 Causes
 Impact
 Absenteeism is
 Poverty
greater
 Substance Abuse
 Developmental delays
 Domestic
occur at 4 times the
Violence
rate reported for
 Mental Illness
other children
 Affordable
 Learning disabilities
Housing
identified at double
 Physical Illness
the rate
 Economic crises
 Twice as likely to
repeat a grade
Title X, Part C
2001 Reauthorization of the
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act
 An individual who lacks a fixed, regular,
and adequate nighttime residence,
including children and youth :
 sharing housing due to loss of housing
or economic hardship
 living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or
camping grounds due to lack of
alternative adequate housing
 living in emergency or transitional
housing
Including children and youth :
 abandoned in hospitals
 awaiting foster care
 having a primary nighttime residence
that is a public or private place not
designed for, or ordinarily used as,
regular sleeping accommodations
 living in cars, parks, public spaces,
abandoned buildings, substandard
housing, bus or train stations
 migratory students meeting the description
 unaccompanied youth meeting the
description
 How eligibility is determined by a liaison:
http://center.serve.org/nche/downloads/bri
efs/det_elig.pdf
 Fixed: Stationary, permanent, and not
subject to change
 Regular: Used on a predictable, routine,
or consistent basis (e.g. nightly)
 Adequate: Sufficient for meeting both
the physical and psychological needs
typically met in home environments
Can the student go to the SAME PLACE
(fixed) EVERY NIGHT (regular) to sleep
in a SAFE AND SUFFICIENT SPACE
(adequate)?
 Appoint a local homeless education
liaison in every LEA
 For Virginia liaisons, visit:
 www.wm.edu/hope
 Provide outreach and coordination to
identify students
 Enroll students immediately in local
school OR
 Maintain student enrollment in the
school of origin when feasible and in the
student’s best interest
 Includes transportation
 Even across school division lines
Get the student enrolled and
keep the student enrolled!
 Approx. one-third are families
 1.6 million children – one in 45
experience homelessness (NCFH)
 1,168,354 in SY 2011-12, a 24% increase
over three years (VA – 27%)
 NCHE State Profile Pages
Students Identified as Homeless
Total Enrolled in Virginia Schools
71%
increase
10,564
16,420
11,776
9,898
12,768
14,223
17,940
18,006
Virginia 2012-13 Initial Primary
Nighttime Residence
Hotel/Motel
14%
Unsheltered
2%
Sheltered
14%
Doubled up
70%
Mary Herrington-Babb, Regional Coordinator
[email protected]
804.780.6288 (t) – 804.819.4424 (f )
Richmond Public Schools’ Homeless Students
Infants/Toddlers and PK-12 Combined
1,705
1,468
1,393
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014 (to date)
# IUY
Identified
Male
Female
2011-2012
31
6
25
2012-2013
33
9
24
2013-2014
34
11
23
School Year
# of
Seniors
Identified
#
Graduated
Higher
Ed
Vocational
School or
Program
2011-2012
57
51
34
5
2012-2013
51
45
15
2
1
2013-2014
57
20(2)
1(2)
4(2)
School Year
Enter
Militar
y
(1) No longer enrolled at time of graduation
(2) Schools include: Huguenot, Armstrong, George Wythe, and John Marshall
*Data is tentative and based on student’s final decisions/academic outcome*
Retained
NLE(1)
5
1
6
Virginia's On-time Graduation Rate
percentage of students
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2008
State
82.1
Homeless
59.8
Homeless Anytime 57.4
2009
83.2
66.5
61.7
2010
85.5
71.4
65.9
2011
86.6
70.9
65.8
2012
88
72.1
67.7
2013
89.1
73.9
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 2-step process
1) Does the student’s living arrangement meet the
McKinney-Vento Act’s definition of homeless?
2) Once homelessness is determined, is the student
unaccompanied?
 Unaccompanied = “not in the physical
custody of a parent or guardian”; in
practical terms, this means the youth
does not live with the parent or
guardian
UHY Served by Subgrants
1457
485% increase since 2005-06
1248
862
494
228
271
311
1,334
 Families are expected to contribute to
higher education costs to the extent to
which they are able (“expected family
contribution” or EFC)
 FAFSA
 Cannot be filed before January 1st preceding the
academic year in which the student wishes to enroll
 For dependent students, filling out the FAFSA requires
income and asset information for both the student and a
parent, and a parent signature
 For independent students, no parental signature or
income and asset information is needed
 Youth who meet the definition of “independent
student” can apply for federal aid without parental
income information or signature.
 Unaccompanied youth are automatically considered
independent students.
 Must be verified as unaccompanied and homeless
during the school year when application is submitted.
 Youth who are unaccompanied, at risk of
homelessness, and self-supporting are also
automatically considered independent students
 Must be verified as such during the school year in
which the application is submitted.
 Verification must be made by:
 McKinney-Vento Act school district liaison
 HUD homeless assistance program director or
designee
 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act program
director or designee
 Financial aid administrator. (see form)
 If a student does not have, and cannot get,
verification from liaison or shelter provider, the
FAA must determine eligibility based on legal
definitions of homelessness and unaccompanied
 Access and success
 Housing
 Food Security
 Health Care
 Transportation
 College level liaisons
 SPOCs in Colorado (MV Single Points of
Contact)
 Learning from Child Welfare
 Guardian Scholars Program
 Higher Education Initiative
 May 30, 2014
 “I always wanted to be amazing.”
– Sunny
 “Homelessness is nothing but
barriers.” – Brandy
 “One caring, compassionate
teacher changed my life.” – Nick
--Florida LeTendre Scholarship Recipient
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Project HOPE-Virginia
The College of William & Mary
P. O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187
757-221-7776
877-455-3412 (toll free)
757-221-5300 (fax)
[email protected]
www.wm.edu/hope
 HUD Virginia Resources -
www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=va&topic
=homeless
 NAEHCY – www.naehcy.org
 NCHE - www.serve.org/nche
 NLCHP - www.nlchp.org
 NLIHC – www.nlihc.org
 Project HOPE-VA: www.wm.edu/hope
 USDE www.ed.gov/programs/homeless/index.html
 Unaccompanied Youth Toolkit
 http://naehcy.org/sites/default/files/dl/toolk
it.pdf
 Housing + High School = Success
 http://naehcy.org/housingyouth.html
 Higher Education Resources
 http://center.serve.org/nche/ibt/higher_ed.p
hp