Need assistance:

Call Jessie Sprouse, the district's McKinney-Vento liaison, 360-829-0121 or

Email at jsprouse@carbonado.k12.wa.us

 

If you live in the following situations:

-Children and youth sharing housing due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason

-Children and youth living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or campgrounds due to lack of alternative accommodations

-Children and youth living in emergency or transitional shelters

-Children and youth abandoned in hospitals

-Children and youth whose primary nighttime residence is not ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation (e.g. park benches, etc)

-Children and youth living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations

-Migratory children and youth living in any of the above situations

 

The McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Assistance Act is a federal law to ensure that all homeless children and youth receive immediate enrollment and educational stability.

 

For more information on these rights: https://nche.ed.gov/legislation/mckinney-vento/

 

For more resources from OSPI: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/access-opportunity-education/students-experiencing-homelessness/resources-homeless-children-and-youth

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OSPI's Homeless Dispute Resolution: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/2023-08/mckinney-vento_dispute_process_21-0022.pdf

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