How can a homeless liaison help a child or youth enroll in school?
Liaisons can meet this requirement in several ways. First, liaisons should work with corporation level staff to identify, review, and revise policies that may act as barriers to the enrollment of homeless children. Liaisons should also work with homeless children and their families (as well as unattached youth) to obtain birth certificates, immunization records, school records, and any other records that might prevent a child from enrolling. Liaisons should also work with transportation directors to ensure that homeless children are provided proper transportation, which can often be a very big barrier to enrollment and school attendance. Liaisons should also work closely with corporation personnel to provide periodic training on McKinney-Vento regulations and the rights of parents and students to ALL corporation staff. Liaisons should keep in contact with the State Coordinator for McKinney-Vento, whose contact information for Indiana is listed on the McKinney-Vento homepage. The coordi
