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    After Hurricane Harvey: Supporting Displaced Texas Students

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  • Determining Eligibility for McKinney-Vento Services

    Provisions for the education of children and youth in homeless situations

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  • Higher Education Access and FAFSA/Financial Aid

    Assistance for college-bound unaccompanied homeless youth

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  • Transportation

    School of Origin and Attendance Zone transportation provisions

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Basic homeless education resources:

  • Awareness
  • Definition/Who is homeless
  • Data: National
  • Data: Texas
  • Laws
  • Outreach Materials
  • Training Materials

Homeless education resources to support your role:

  • Administrator
  • Counselor/Social Worker
  • Early Childhood
  • Foster Care Liaison
  • Grandparent/Other Caregiver
  • Homeless Liaison
  • Nurse
  • Nutrition
  • Parent/Legal Guardian
  • Registrar
  • Service Provider
  • Student
  • Teacher
  • Transportation

Homeless education implementation resources:

  • Attendance/Truancy
  • Counseling
  • Dispute Resolution/Complaints
  • Disaster Response 1 / TEA McKinney-Vento Resources
  • Disaster Response 2  / Federal McKinney-Vento Resources
  • Disaster Response 3 / Other Resources
  • Enrollment/School Selection
  • ESSA Implementation
  • Forms
  • Higher Education and FAFSA
  • Identification
  • Immunizations/Shots
  • LGBTQ Youth
  • PEIMS
  • Policy/Guidance
  • Title I/Title I, Part A, Set-Asides
  • Transportation
  • Unaccompanied Youth

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Barbara Wand James Homeless Student Support Scholarship

This scholarship celebrates Ms. James' 24 years of service as Director of The Texas Homeless Education Office (THEO). For more information and to donate to the fund, click here.

News

  • Local, State, and Federal Resources to Assist in Dealing with Hurricane Harvey
  • TEA To the Administrator Addressed Letter: Re: Hurricane Harvey Enrollment Guidance
  • 2017-2018 Letter from TEA’s Chief Legal Counsel on School Attendance, Admission, Enrollment Records, and Tuition
  • 2017-18 Charter School Letter from TEA’s Chief Legal Counsel on Admission, Enrollment, and Withdrawal

Trainings and Events

  • Aug 14 Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher EducationWebinar
  • Aug 14 Going Beyond the Basics: ESSA and the role of the McKinney-Vento LiaisonWebinar
  • Aug 22 McKinney-Vento 101: Understanding the Rights of Students Experiencing HomelessnessWebinar
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