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Using What We Know: Supporting the Education of Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
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Federal Policy, Guidance, Memoranda
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: Questions and Answers on Special Education and Homelessness
 Issued February 2008, this document provides the Department's current thinking on the topics of homelessness and special education. Download the Q&A.
NAEHCY's response to the OSERS Q&A document
Issued August 2008, the NAEHCY response provides recommendations on clarifying the Q&A and requests additional guidance. Download NAEHCY's response.
U.S. Department of Education: Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program Non-Regulatory Guidance
This Guidance, issued in July 2004, addresses common questions regarding the implementation of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.
 Download in
Microsoft Word format.
Download in PDF
format.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Memoranda: Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization
Act
Memorandum SP4 (July 19, 2004): This memo describes changes in the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act that provide statutory authority for homeless children's categorical eligibility for free school meals.
Download the memo.
Updated Guidance for Homeless Children in the School Nutrition Program
(April 4, 2002): This memo describes eligibility and application procedures
for receiving free school meals for children in homeless situations,
Download the memo.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Head Start Memorandum ACF-IM-92-12
This memo explains how Head Start programs can serve preschoolers experiencing homelessness best.
Download the memo.
M. Joycelyn Elders, MD: Memorandum on Immunization Records
This memorandum from Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. Surgeon General, reinforces the importance and logic of the immediate enrollment provision of the McKinney-Vento Act, even when the enrolling student lacks immunization records.
Download the memo.
State Policy, Guidance, Memoranda
Immunization Policies by State
This chart prepared by the National Law Center on Homelessness and
Poverty, lists policies on enrolling homeless children and
youth without immunization records by state. It also includes information on
immunization requirements and rates for other countries, which may be helpful
for schools enrolling students from other countries.
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chart in Microsoft Word format.
Download the chart in PDF
format.
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