Homeless Services
and Assistance
If you are staying temporarily with someone else because you lost your housing, staying in a motel, campground, shelter, outside, or an inadequate place, you and your children have special rights at school.
For assistance contact your school or the Welcome and Wellness Center at 661-471-8400
We are here to help!
School counselors promote awareness and understanding of the issues students face when experiencing homelessness. School counselors recognize the strengths these students bring to school from experiencing homelessness. School counselors collaborate with students, parents/guardians and community stakeholders to overcome the barriers to academic, career and social/emotional success associated with homelessness.
School counselors:
Advocate for students and collaborate with their parents/guardians to reduce barriers related to school enrollment, academic success and appropriate educational placement
Recognize the strengths of the individual student and all of those who have experienced homelessness
Attain knowledge for assisting unaccompanied youth per specific state guidelines, following legal and ethical codes
establish educational and preventive programs for homeless parents and children
Collaborate with school and community personnel and coordinate appropriate support services specific to basic, academic and social/emotional needs
Increase stakeholder awareness and understanding of the McKinney-Vento Act, ESSA and the rights of homeless students
Assess students for common associated concerns such as adverse childhood experiences and refer students for additional support as appropriate.
Announcements and Resources
The Coordinated Entry System (CES) facilitates the coordination and management of resources and services through the crisis response system.
CES allows users to efficiently and effectively connect people to interventions that aim to rapidly resolve their housing crisis.
CES works to connect the highest need, most vulnerable persons in the community to available housing and supportive services equitably.
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The Salvation provides for many needs: Food, Shelter, Education, Poverty, Abuse, Trafficking, Unemployment, Addiction, Elderly, and Vetererans.
Main Webpage: https://westernusa.salvationarmy.org/usw_thq/
Many of the individuals and families that we serve face housing instability or current or prior homelessness. MHALA assists with housing needs at each step in the process -- from housing search to acquisition of housing subsidies to housing retention services. In addition to having staff on each team with expertise in housing issues, MHALA has a housing department in each geographic area that we serve. Phone: (661) 726-2850
Valley Oasis is a community based organization dedicated to eliminating social and domestic violence and homelessness through community awareness, intervention, prevention, safe shelter, and supportive services. (661) 945-6737
