Homeless Student Liaison offered at Bainbridge Island School District
May be able to provide homeless families and students, including unaccompanied youth, the following services: - Assistance with school registration, even if the family or student unable to provide required documents, such immunization records or proof or residence. - Automatic free lunch and breakfast if available, without the need to fill out that particular form. - According to the child's or youth's best interest, homeless students will continue to be enrolled in their school of origin while they remain homeless or until the end of the academic year in which they obtain permanent housing. - Instead of remaining in the school of origin, parents or guardians of homeless students may request enrollment in the school in which attendance area the student is actually living, or other schools. - Assistance with transportation to and from school in the form of school buses, gas vouchers, or city bus passes. - Free school supplies, if needed. - Free school clothes, if needed. - Referrals to other services, as needed. These services continue through the end of the school year in which a student moves into permanent housing.
Physical Address
8489 Madison Avenue Northeast, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Hours
M-F, 8am-4:30pm
Voice
Website
Application process
Call for more information.
Fee
None.
Eligibility
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act defines homeless children as "individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence." The act provide examples of children who would fall under this definition: * 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 awaiting foster care placement * Children and youth whose primary nighttime residence is not ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation (i.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
Service area
Kitsap, WA
Agency info
Bainbridge Island School District
Contact the school district website, www.bisd303.org for specific Bainbridge Island school telephone numbers and locations, information regarding school closures, administration, attendance, athletics, parent teacher information, school supply lists, school boards, school musicals, etc.