Ferndale School District #502 | 6041 Vista Drive - PO Box 698 | Ferndale WA 98248 | ph. 360-383-9200 | fax 360-383-9201

Homeless

Web Training for Student Homelessness

Please read the Overview page first (click here)

  1. Read the three short sections on the right side menu:

FSD Training: Student Homelessness

Overview:

The following overview is about serving our students who are homeless. Services to homeless students fall under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act. The overriding premise of this law is that because homeless students have gone through so many challenges in their lives, it is the responsibility of educators to find ways to provide school-day stability for these students.

Homeless Services Dispute Resolution

School District Placement of Children and Youths

If a dispute arises over school selection or enrollment in a school, the child or youth shall be immediately enrolled to the school in which enrollment is sought, pending resolution of the dispute. In the case of an unaccompanied youth, the homeless liaison shall ensure that the youth is immediately enrolled in the school in which enrollment is sought, pending resolution of the dispute.

60 Minutes Video & Article Links

Homeless Images 2

The view I created to show in a block on node/1652 is only displaying one picture - I'm wondering if that's becasue the three pics were all uploaded to the same node... so I'm putting up a diff pic on this one in the hopes it will suddenly work...

Homeless Images

This is just a page to upload images for the slideshow(s). It is not linked to from anywhere except on the Homeless Admin Menu - which you must be logged in as a Homeless Admin Editor to see...

Initially, all images uploaded here will integrate into the slideshow. We'll refine this later, perhaps using taxonomy terms or something to separate the images into groups? Maybe with other image upload pages like this one? Each slideshow would then need a separate "view" created.

Files must be "listed", and this node must be "published".

Documents Test

Documents by Susan

2008 Brief on Awaiting Foster Care
Amanda Goes to School
Amy's Story
APA Effects of Homelessness

Common Signs of Homelessness
Determining Eligibility
Early Childhood and More
Everybody Counts: Whatcom County Homeless Count 2011

Ferndale School District Policy for Homeless Students (2011)
Food Resources in Whatcom County

Homeless Dispute Resolution Process
Homeless Education Introduction to the Issues
Homeless Enrollment Rights Services 3115
Homeless Enrollment Rights Services 3115p
Homeless Intake Form
Homeless Youth LGBTQ Youth

IDEA for Parents

Where to Next

Finding a place to be yourself is harder than you ever imagined. Days on the street and nights on different couches haven't solved anything.

If you're one of Whatcom County's 200+ students' aged 16 to 21 years old problems at home meant you took to the street. Alcohol or drugs may be affecting the adults taking care of you. Physical or sexual abuse may be the reason you left home. A family impacted by domestic violence or economic hardship was too much for you. Right now, hunger; lack of sleep, and fear is a 24/7 problem for you.

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