Housing Support

Educational Rights of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness 

 Who is Considered Eligible?

• Students who are temporarily sharing housing with friends or relatives due to loss of housing or economic hardship (doubled-up)

• Students living in motels, trailer parks, or campgrounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations

• Students living in emergency or transitional shelters

• Students who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, or other substandard housing

• Students who are unaccompanied (living w/o a parent or guardian) and are living in circumstances described above

• Migrant students who qualify as homeless because the students are living in circumstances described above

Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Have the Right To:

• Go to school, no matter where they live or how long that they have lived there 

• Continue in the school that they last attended before becoming homeless 

• Receive transportation to the school they last attended 

• Enroll in school without giving a permanent address 

• Enroll in & attend classes while the school arranges for the transfer of immunization records or any other documents required for enrollment

• Receive free meals at school

Other Information

The following are links to further information regarding housing:

 NCSD Enrollment Information for Students & Families in Transition Form

 Parent Poster - English

 Parent Poster - Spanish

Parent Brochure - English

Poster Brochure - Spanish

Enrollment Information without a Guardian

Youth Poster - English

Youth Poster - Spanish

Caregiver Form for Unaccompanied Youth