Youth In Transition (YIT) Program

Information for Parents and School-Aged Youth

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

• In a shelter, motel, vehicle, or campground
• 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, or you are an unaccompanied youth, please complete the following steps:

1. COMPLETE THE NECESSARY FORMS:

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

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:  April Egaran, Youth In Transition Coordinator, (858) 748-0010, ext 2039

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 Youth in Transition brochure Spanish

Download Youth in Transition Handbook (167kb)

Download Youth in Transition Handbook - Spanish (167kb)

 

 

 

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