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Student Services

In January of 2002, Congress authorized the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to help people experiencing homelessness. This federal law includes the Education of Homeless Children and Youth Program that entitles children who are homeless to a free, appropriate public education and requires schools to remove barriers to their enrollment, attendance, and success in school. This Act protects all students who do not have a fixed, regular and adequate residence, such as students living in the following situations:

  • runaway/homeless youth shelters (even if parents invite the youth home);
  • hotels or motels;
  • shelters, including domestic violence shelters;
  • transitional housing shelters;
  • cars, abandoned buildings parks, the streets or other public spaces;
  • campgrounds or inadequate trailer homes;
  • abandoned in a hospital;
  • doubled-up housing with other families or friends due to hardship;

 

CCS Mckinney-Vento Data

Number of CCS Students Identified

  • 2021-2022 - 349
  • 2022-2023 - 410
  • 2023-2024 - 393

In 2023-2024, 49 students were unaccompanied homeless youth and 44 individuals were younger siblings not enrolled in school.

 

Additional Information:

CCS Liaison, Sandy Hamrick at 704-476-8000 or Email address: smhamrick@clevelandcountyschools.org

Lisa Phillips, State Coordinator for Homeless Education
SERVE Center at UNCG
Website: https://hepnc.uncg.edu

MULTI-TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORT (MTSS) K-12

  • Interdisciplinary team gives attention to the general education pool of at-risk students
  • Coordinates assessment of needs of at-risk students
  • Recommends interventions to referring teacher
  • Refers to school based services, including exceptional children's program
  • Manages Section 504 eligibility
  • Refers to community based services
  • Links to daily mentoring
  • Coordinates case management