Homeless Liaison offered at Lake Quinault School District
The Homeless Liaison provides essential services to homeless families and students, including unaccompanied youth. The following services are offered:
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.
Contact Information: Please leave your phone number in a message if there is no answer.
Fee: None.
Under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Act, families or students in the following situations are considered homeless and are eligible for special rights:
In a shelter, motel, vehicle, or campground.On the street, in a 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
Lake Quinault School District serves the K-12 educational needs of the communities of Amanda Park, Quinault, Neilton Queets/Clearwater, and Humptulips, all located along Highway 101. Students are located on one campus.
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