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Identifying and Serving the Homeless Population

Identifying and Serving the Homeless Population. The changing Face of Homelessness. Families with children - The fastest-growing segment of the homeless population – make up 40% of the homeless population in the U.S. Over 12% of the U.S. population lives in poverty – one in every six children.

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Identifying and Serving the Homeless Population

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  1. Identifying and Serving the Homeless Population

  2. The changing Face of Homelessness • Families with children - The fastest-growing segment of the homeless population – make up 40% of the homeless population in the U.S. • Over 12% of the U.S. population lives in poverty – one in every six children. • A minimum-wage worker would have to work more than 67 hours a week just to keep a family of four above the poverty line of $18,104 per year for the average family of four. • Families can find themselves in homeless situations due to a job cut-back or layoff. People who are working lose their homes for other reasons: • A natural disaster (Katrina, IKE, etc.) • A major house fire • An unplanned major expense • Wages that don’t keep up with housing costs and taxes • Loss of health coverage and other benefits • Financial burdens associated with long-term care • Falling behind on monthly payments • High balances on credit cards, often resulting from health care costs or other emergency

  3. Ways of identifying students in transition/homeless Free and Reduced-Price Meal Application is sent home with every student in Spring Branch ISD in the first day packet

  4. All enrollees receive a Free and Reduced Price Meal form in the Enrollment Packet All Free and Reduced-Price Meals Household Go to Child Nutrition Services x Child Nutrition Services Reviews

  5. Any box marked? Homeless, Migrant or Runaway YES External Funding & Compliance will interview the family

  6. Ways of identifying students in transition/homeless The Student Residency form is given to all new enrollees in the enrollment packet

  7. The Student Residency Questionnaires are returned to the campus by the family once they have completed the information

  8. Allquestionsmarked “NO” Campus will destroy

  9. Any question marked “YES” Campus sends the form to External Funding & Compliance the department staff determines eligibility

  10. Ways of identifying students in transition/homeless We have Partnerships with several organizations that support the homeless families of students enrolled in SBISD.

  11. Another way to identify Students

  12. The Student Residency Questionnaires could be returned to External Funding and Compliance by email.

  13. The Student Residency Questionnaires could be returned to External Funding and Compliance by fax.

  14. The Student Residency Questionnaires could be returned to External Funding and Compliance by interoffice mail from the campuses. Spring Branch ISD Student Residency Questionnaire

  15. Does family qualify as homeless? External Funding & Compliance Sends the names of Eligible Students to Child Nutrition Services and to the campus

  16. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ARE ENTERED INTO THE SKYWARD STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

  17. Lunch is provided for all eligible homeless students at no cost to the student

  18. What Do You See?

  19. Identifying and Serving Migrant Students

  20. WHO DO YOU CALL Eloise Hambright-Brown, District Homeless Liaison and Director of External Funding (Migrant and Homeless Liaison) - 2267 Yajahira Alamilla, Support Specialist - Ext. 2495

  21. Perseverance is the Key • http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/47764885/vp/47764030#47764030

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