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Responsibilities of the
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The Homelessness Liaison, supported by funds provided under the McKinney Act, pursues two strategies to achieve minimal disruption to homeless children's education:
Capacity-building
The liaison seeks to develop the capacity of school districts, shelters, social agencies, and parents to act in ways that minimize the disruption of homeless children's education.
Direct services
The liaison provides direct assistance and resources to homeless children and their families aimed at minimizing the disruption of those children's education.
In implementing these strategies, the Liaison engages in the following
principle activities:
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collecting information about the status of a homeless child's education and about the capacities of parents, school districts and schools, and about shelters and other social and charitable agencies
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providing information about what the law requires of school districts and schools
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providing training that ensures that parents, school leadership and staff, and the leadership and staff of homeless shelters, charitable organizations and social agencies that work with the homeless have the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to act in ways that minimize the disruption to homeless students' education
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providing personalized technical assistance to parents, school district and school leadership and staff, and the leadership and staff of homeless shelters, charitable organizations and social agencies that work with the homeless
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providing funds to cover the costs that may be incurred in minimizing disruption to a homeless child's education and in ensuring a homeless student's access to the entire educational program of a school
