Homeless Student Liaison offered at Port Townsend School District
Homeless Student Liaison offered at Port Townsend School District
May be able to provides homeless families and students, including unaccompanied youth, the following services: Assistance with school registration, even if the family or student is missing documentation such as birth certificate and immunization records. Automatic free lunch and breakfast if available, without the need to fill out that particular form. Assistance with keeping the student in the same school, even after moving, sometimes even if the move is to another school district. Assistance with transportation to and from school in the form of school buses, gas vouchers, or city bus passes. Free school supplies if needed. Free school clothes if needed. Referrals to other services as needed. These services continue through the end of the school year in which homelessness ends.
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Physical Address
1610 Blaine Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Hours
M-F, 9 am-3 pm
Voice
Website
Application process
Call for more information. Please leave your phone number in a message if there is no answer.
Fee
None.
Eligibility
Under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Act, families or students in the following situations are homeless and are eligible for special rights: in a shelter, motel, vehicle or campground on the street, 24-hour restaurant, or bus station displaced due to natural or manmade disaster (flood, earthquake, fire) living in a motel, abandoned building, trailer or other inadequate accommodations living with friends or relatives due to the inability to find affordable housing "couch surfing" teenager living on his/her own
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Port Townsend School District
Port Townsend school staff, parents, students and community create a safe, respectful environment where all students are challenged to become learners, achievers and responsible citizens.