Homeless Student Liaison offered at South Kitsap School District
Homeless Student Liaison offered at South Kitsap 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
2689 Hoover Avenue Southeast, Port Orchard, WA 98366
Hours
M-F, 8am-5pm
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 man made 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.
Agency info
South Kitsap School District
The students, staff, parents and community of South Kitsap all play a vital role in our district's success as a center of learning. In order to nurture growth, inspire achievement and build community we will: value and develop the gifts, talents and abilities of all our students through a caring and devoted partnership with our community; foster a dynamic, responsive and nurturing learning environment that empowers our students to achieve their full potential through academic success, productive citizenship and personal responsibility; focus on student learning by embracing diversity, encouraging creativity and real-world experience, and ensuring mutual respect and equal opportunities; graduate highly skilled, motivated students who will thrive and contribute to the world community; and hold ourselves accountable to our community to establish and maintain a tradition of excellence that is evident in the success of our students.