Homeless & Foster Youth
Services Provided:
+ Educational Case Management + Assistance with Records Transfer + Tutoring
+ Enrollment Assistance + Special Education Advocacy + Mentoring
+ Transportation Arrangement + School Supplies + Resource Referrals
foster youth education
foster youth education
foster youth education
Foster Youth are children who have been taken from the home of their biological parents due to abuse, neglect, or any situation which makes it unsafe for them to remain in their parents' care.
While some foster youth are adopted into stable, loving homes, many more are placed into a series of temporary living situations, including short-term care, respite care, and group homes. This instability tends to severely impact student achievement. It is estimated that each time a student switches school mid-year, they are set back a semester or more in their studies.
School Ties offers a variety of services for foster youth, including tutoring, mentoring, case management and educational advocacy. Please contact us for assistance with any Butte County foster education issue.
While some foster youth are adopted into stable, loving homes, many more are placed into a series of temporary living situations, including short-term care, respite care, and group homes. This instability tends to severely impact student achievement. It is estimated that each time a student switches school mid-year, they are set back a semester or more in their studies.
School Ties offers a variety of services for foster youth, including tutoring, mentoring, case management and educational advocacy. Please contact us for assistance with any Butte County foster education issue.
CONTACT:
Meagan Meloy - Director
Phone: (530) 879-3781
Fax: (530) 879-2341
Fax: (530) 879-2341
Eilene Franco Brooks, Champion Scholars Coordinator
530-879-7472
Marybeth Slaughter - Case Manager II, Foster Youth
Phone: (530) 879-7480
Josh Indar - Tutoring Coordinator
Phone: (530) 879-3780
Lisa Kelly - Administrative Assistant
Phone (530) 879-2328
Fax (530) 879-2341
homeless education
homeless education
homeless education
Homeless students are defined by the federal McKinney-Vento Act as youth who "lack a fixed, regular and adequate night time residence."
This includes:
- - Sharing housing due to loss of housing or economic hardship
- - Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or campgrounds
- - Living in emergency transitional shelters or domestic violence shelters
- - Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, etc.
- -Unaccompanied youth and runaways
- Congress has specified that students in homeless situations should have access to the same education and opportunities offered to other students. They are legally entitled to stay in their school of origin, even if they temporarily move out of their home district.
- They are also entitled to:
- - Transportation to and from their school of origin
- - Immediate enrollment in any public school
- - Free school lunch
- - Dispute resolution with a district-appointed homeless liaison
Butte County 211 - Local Resources
National Center for Homeless Education
CONTACT:
Meagan Meloy - Director
Phone: (530) 879-3781
Fax: (530) 879-2341
Phone: (530) 879-3781
Fax: (530) 879-2341
Eileen Gonzalez, Case Manager I, Homeless Education
Josh Indar - Tutoring Coordinator
Phone: (530) 879-3780