Students in Transition - (Homeless and Foster Care)
Students-In-Transition (SIT) Program
Transition
Information for Parents: Your school-aged children may qualify for certain rights and protections under the Federal McKinney-Vento Act. Eligibility is determined case-by-case.
Section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Act defines “homeless children and youths” as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The term includes—Children and youths who are:
Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason (sometimes referred to as “doubled-up”);
Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
Living in emergency or transitional shelters; or abandoned in hospitals;
Children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
Children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described
Services & Opportunities:
Children and youth in transitional situations are eligible to any supports/services offered to traditionally enrolled students. Those supports include, but are not limited to:
Transportation
School supplies/Uniforms
School Activities and Field Trip Fees
Tutoring
Case Management and referral services
Mental Health Counseling
Foster Care
Children and youth are protected under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA)
Foster Care is defined as 24-hour substitute care for all children placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the child welfare agency has placement and care responsibility
Includes placements in foster family homes, foster homes of relatives, group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, child care institutions, and pre-adoptive homes
For more information, please contact the SIT Department at (314) 869-2505, ext. 32139
Local Liaison
Stephanie Shumpert, Students in Transition Coordinator
Office: 314-868-9829 ext 32139
Cell: 314.662.7280
Email Stephanie Shumpert
State Homeless Coordinator
(573) 522-8763
State Foster Care Coordinator
(573) 751-5386
