Rights of Homeless School Kids

(This is a nationwide broadcast message sent by CVM National in partnership with The National Center for Homeless Education)

Hi – This message is for parents of school-age children who may be experiencing homelessness. If you’re not interested in this message, press the 3 key now to delete it.

Did you know that if you are experiencing homelessness, your children can enroll in school even if you don’t have all their records, or that your children can remain in their same school even if you are temporarily staying at a place outside of the school zone or school district? The McKinney-Vento Act is a federal law that guarantees rights and services for school-aged children who are homeless. Every school district has a local homeless liaison who can help your children enroll and can link them with services to help them succeed in school. You should be able to find contact information for the local homeless liaison in the school district staff directory or by asking at your local school. If you have trouble contacting your local liaison or if you want more information on the McKinney-Vento Act, please call the toll-free Helpline number for the National Center for Homeless Education at 800-308-2145. Please tell the staff that you got this number from Community Voice Mail. Again, that number is 800-308-2145.

If you do have school age kids, we’d love to hear from you about how Community Voice Mail has helped you stay in touch with the teachers and staff at your local school. If you have any comments or stories to share about how CVM has helped you, please press 4 at the end of this message and leave us a message. We always love to hear from you.

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