Students in Transition
The Students In Transition program in Rochester Public Schools helps to support and provide services to students experiencing unstable housing or homelessness. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2001 defines “homeless children and youths” as “individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.”
Rights of Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness:
- Access to a free and appropriate public education
- Receive the same programs and services that are provided to all other children
- Enrollment in a new school without proof of residential status, school records, proof of guardianship or other documents
- Continue in the school they attended before becoming homeless
- Receive transportation to the school they attended before becoming homeless
- Free breakfast and lunch at school
Eligibility
You may be eligible for additional services for you or your child at school, if you live:
- In a shelter
- In a hotel or motel
- With friends or family because you have no home
- In an empty building, in a car, or other unsafe place
- On the street
- In emergency foster care
- With friends and you are 17 years old or younger…
How RPS can help:
- Immediate enrollment
- Transportation
- Free breakfast and lunch at school
- School supplies
- Scholarships for school activities
- Referrals to community resources that include: medical support, food, housing, mental health support, and other resources
- Information about preschool programs
- Access to a school social worker
Contact Us:
Melissa Brandt
Transition and Fostering Connections Coordinator
(507) 328-4300 | Email