Learning Support Services
Alternative Programs
13626 Twin Peaks Road, Poway, CA 92064
Phone: 858-679-2530 Fax 858-679-2630

Information for Parents and School-Aged Youth - Click here

A family qualifies for Youth in Transition if a family or student lives in any of the following situations:

• In a shelter
• In a car
• In a hotel/motel-not paid for by any type of insurance
• On the Street
• In an abandoned building, trailer, campsite, or other inadequate accommodations
• Doubled up with friends or relatives because affordable housing cannot be found - and that doubled up situation puts the family or students sleeping in some type of temporary situation/location.

If a family meets the above criteria, please complete the following steps:

1. COMPLETE THE NECESSARY FORMS (Will not qualify for services without the below supporting documentation):

• Student Residency Affidavit(all students print and complete)
• Affidavit for Missing Enrollment Documentation (print and complete if new to a school or the school district)
• Tagalog Student Residency Affidavit (print and complete)
• Spanish Student Residency Affidavit (print and complete)
• Information for Parents and Youth-Bilingual (for your reference only)

ADDITIONAL FORMS:

• If you are in a shelter, please complete the Authorization for Information form (print and complete)

Additional forms, after program approval and contract signed: 

• English Mileage Log, Spanish Mileage Log

2. Turn in the completed forms to the school site.  The school site will fax your completed forms  to (858) 679-2630.  If you need help with the forms, please contact the school site for assistance.

ONLY VALID FOR CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR - BY LAW, EACH FAMILY MUST RE-APPLY AND RE-QUALIFY EACH SCHOOL YEAR.

School-Aged children have certain rights or protections under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act.  Those rights are:

• Go to school, no matter where they live or how long they have lived there.  Must be given access to the same public education provided to other children.
• Continue in the school attended before becoming homeless or the school last attended, if that is the choice and is feasible.  If a school sends a child to a school other than the one requested, the school must provide a written explanation and offer the right to appeal the decision.
• Receive transportation assistance to the school attended before the family became homeless, if feasible, and a parent/guardian requests such assistance.
• Attend a school and participate in school programs with children who are not homeless.  (Children cannot be separated from the regular school program because they are homeless.)
• Enroll and attend classes while the school arranges for the transfer of school and immunization records or any other documents required for enrollment.
• Enroll and attend classes while the school and family seek to resolve a dispute over enrolling the children.
• Receive the same special programs and services, if needed, as provided to all other children served in these programs.

If further assistance is needed, call the numbers listed below:

 

Poway Unified School District contact:  Martha Parham (858) 679-2531

State Coordinator:  Leanne Wheeler (916) 657-2871

National Center for Homeless Education free help line:  1-800-308-2145

 

Download Youth in Transition brochure

Download Spanish Youth in Transition brochure

Download Youth in Transition Handbook (167kb)

FACULTY & STAFF:  Download the Procedure:  Youth in Transition procedure

 

Martha Parham, Director
mparham@powayusd.com
Fax 858-679-2630
Michele Cass, Office Assistant
858 - 748 - 0010, Ext. 2063
Alternative Programs Phone Directory

 

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School Fundraiser - Cell Phone Recycling and Ink Jet Cartridge Fundraiser.