Updated: Jan 18, 2022
This 2021 Memo from the New York State Education Department outlines important information and resources for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) regarding the rights of and services available to recently arrived unaccompanied children and youth. Click here to view the memo.
Students experiencing temporary housing often experience barriers that prevent them from enrolling, attending, and succeeding in school. At the start of a new school year, identifying families experie
The Tale: A local family lost their housing due to eviction. They are doubled up with their grandparents in a district two towns over from their school of origin. The two children are in 4th and 7th g
The tale: McKinney-Vento liaisons from across the state call the NYS-TEACHS helpline when they realize that their LEA does not have a formal homeless policy. They may discover that the district does n
