For additional information, please contact:
Possible Signs of Homelessness
- History of attending many schools
- Erratic attendance and tardiness
- Consistent lack of preparation for class
- Sleeping in class
- Hostility and anger or extremes in behavior (e.g., shyness, withdrawal, nervousness, depression)
- Needy behavior (seeking attention) or withdrawn behavior
- Poor hygiene and grooming
- Inadequate or inappropriate clothing for the weather
- Hunger and hoarding food
- Resistance to parting with personal possessions (e.g., not wanting to leave a favorite toy unattended or
put a coat in a locker)
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For additional information, please contact:
Amber Monterroyo, LMSW
Homeless Coordinator
Anderson School District One
864.295.2835
Mckinney-vento
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Anderson school
district One
The McKinney-Vento Act protects the educational rights of children and youth in the following homeless situations:
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Definition of Homeless
Individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence
- Children living in shelters, including domestic violence shelters
- Children living in hotels/motels
- Children living on the streets or in cars, abandoned buildings, campgrounds, etc.
- Children living in substandard conditions – not fit for human habitation (i.e. no electricity, no heat, no running water, no windows/doors, holes in the roof/floor, no way to cook/store food)
- Abandoned/runaway children and youth
- Two or more families living together in crowded or undesirable living conditions, (doubling up) because they have no place of their own to live due to eviction, loss of income, house fire, domestic violence, etc.
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What We Can Do
- Identify homeless children and youth
- Assist homeless students with school enrollment
- Provide school clothing and uniforms
- Help homeless students access educational services and programs
- Provide referrals to shelters and community networking for homeless families
- Assist with transportation services
The law gives children and youth in homeless situations the right to:
- Stay in their school even if they move
- Have immediate access to school enrollment without proof of residency, immunizations, school records or other papers
- Get transportation to school
- Go to pre-school programs
- Get all the school services they need
- Have disagreements with schools settled quickly and go to school while the disagreements are settled
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