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Homeless Liaison offered at McCleary School District

May be able to provides homeless families and students, including unaccompanied youth, the following services:  *Assistance with school registration, even if the family or student is missing documentation such as birth certificate and immunization records. *Automatic free lunch and breakfast if available, without the need to fill out that particular form. * Assistance with keeping the student in the same school, even after moving, sometimes even if the move is to another school district. * 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 homelessness ends.

Physical Address

611 South Main Street, McCleary, WA 98557

Hours

M-F, 8am-3:30pm

Application process

Call the Homeless Liaison at (360) 495-3204.  Please leave your phone number in a message if there is no answer.

Fee

None.

Eligibility

Under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Act, families or students in the following situations are homeless and are eligible for special rights:  * in a shelter, motel, vehicle or campground * on the street, 24-hour restaurant, or bus station * displaced due to natural or manmade disaster (flood, earthquake, fire) * living in a motel, abandoned building, trailer or other inadequate accommodations * living with friends or relatives due to the inability to find affordable housing * "couch surfing" * teenager living on his/her own

Service area

Grays Harbor, WA

Agency info

McCleary School District #65

The McCleary School district serves an area of 20 square miles and houses K-8th grade students in one building, plus a portable classroom for the Preschool program. Most high school students from our district attend Elma High School. The district's assessed valuation is $129,000,000 and the current budget for the current school year is approximately $3,000,000.