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Student Support Services
Hawaii DOE’s
Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY)
EHCY State Office Team
Toby Portner • State Coordinator • toby.portner@k12.hi.us • 808-305-9869
April Lum • Outreach Coordinator • april.lum@k12.hi.us • 808-723-4192
Brianna Levy • Social Worker • brianna.levy@k12.hi.us • 808-348-0308
Lisa Martinez • Early Learning Navigator • lisa.martinez@k12.hi.us • 808-723-9006
Sara Alimoot • Re-Engagement Navigator • sara.alimoot@k12.hi.us • 808-723-5899
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Web of Support
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M O B I L E O U T R E A C H
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Oahu’s
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Neighbor Island
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EHCY: �The Big Picture
Guided by the McKinney Vento Act
Immediate Enrollment & Full Participation
Educational Stability
Accountability
Opportunity to Engage in a Rigorous Education
Coordinators and Liaisons
Web of Support
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McKinney Vento ensures that eligible students receive access to comparable educational services by removing barriers to school enrollment and full, basic, daily participation in school activities. This includes:
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Definition of Homeless
per McKinney Vento
Lacking a Fixed, Regular and Adequate
Primary Nighttime Residence, including:
Sheltered
Emergency, transitional, domestic violence
Unsheltered
Beach, car, tent, shed, etc.
Doubled-up
sharing housing
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Can the student go to the SAME PLACE (fixed) EVERY NIGHT (regular) to sleep in a SAFE AND SUFFICIENT SPACE (adequate)?
Determining Fixed, Regular & Adequate
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Enrollment
School of Origin
Home School
School attended when permanently housed or the school in which last enrolled. Including a preschool. 11432(g)(3)(i)
School in the area in which a student currently resides.
11432(g)(3)(A)
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In SY 21-22 HIDOE identified 3254 students in unstable housing across the state.
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I M M E D I A T E
E N R O L L M E N T
is priority
under McKinney Vento
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MV1: How students are Identified
GOAL: Connect students to services and supports without delay.
Ensure principal is aware of all homeless students in the school.
Enrollment is ongoing.
Students are eligible at any time, and retain the homeless status for the entire school year even if they become housed.
MV1
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The Principal of the receiving school makes the final call on eligibility and enrollment.
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Unaccompanied Youth
DEFINITION
Any school-age child or youth not in the physical custody of parent or legal guardian,
Lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence
A vulnerable and often hidden subset of the population, these children are separated from their parents due to a variety of reasons. They may have run away, or been kicked out or otherwise abandoned by parents or guardians.
ENROLLMENT
Unaccompanied Youth, with the assistance from a liaison have the right to immediate enrollment, and may sign for themselves on the McKinney-Vento identification form.
Do not call the police or Department of Human Services.
For children being cared for by someone other than parent or legal guardian, a caregiver affidavit is recommended.
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Doubled-Up
“Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.”
Not sure if a family’s doubled-up situation is homeless?�Ask:
Why did the family move in together? Crisis or by mutual choice for mutual benefit?
How permanent is the living arrangement intended to be?
Where would the family live if not doubling up?
Is the living arrangement fixed, regular, and adequate?
Being doubled up is often more stressful to a child and family than being in a shelter. Families are often moving in and out, avoiding landlords, lacking the security and stability of a consistent home.
Call the CHCL for help • Doubled-Up one pager
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Tips and Reminders
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