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    • ARE YOU STAYING IN TEMPORARY HOUSING?
    • DO YOU WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO STAY AT THEIR CURRENT SCHOOL?
    • ARE YOU HAVING TROUBLE ENROLLING YOUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL OR GETTING THEM THERE?

  • If you are staying temporarily with someone else because you lost your housing, or staying in a motel/hotel, campground, shelter, or in an outside or inadequate place;  you and your children have special rights at school. 

    Those rights include:

    • Staying in the same school even if you move, and receiving transportation to that school, as long as it in the student's best interest
    • Enrolling in school immediately without the documents schools usually require
    • Receiving free school meals
    • Getting help with school supplies and other needs
    • Extra support for youth who are on their own
    • Help connecting young children with early childhood services

    Contact your School Social Worker or the Â鶹Íø McKinney- Vento Liaison to find out if you qualify for help.

  • Washington Elementary School District
    Social Services Department
    602-347-2652
    Â鶹Íø McKinney-Vento Program
    602-347-2643