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Information for Families experiencing homelessness
Homelessness is defined as individuals lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
This includes:
Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason.
Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations.
Living in an emergency, transitional, or domestic violence shelters.
Abandoned in hospitals.
Using public or private places not designed for or ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodations for human beings, as a primary nighttime residence.
Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, transportation stations, or similar settings.
Living as migratory children in conditions described in previous examples.
Living as run-away children, abandoned, or forced out of homes by parents/guardians or caretakers, or separated from parents/guardians for any other reason.
Living as school-age parents/guardians in houses for school-age parents/guardians if they have no other living accommodations.
Resources/Websites/District Information:
Please contact LeAnn Stitzel (Homeless Liaison) at stitzell@nwlehighsd.org, or at 610-298-8661 x1264 if you have questions about District support for homeless families.
Additional Information/Resources/Links:
McKinney-Vento NWLSD Student/Parent Handbook
PA Dept of Ed Homeless Education
Community Resource List for Students Experiencing Homelessness
Head Start of the Lehigh Valley - for preschoolers experiencing homelessness
Procedural Safeguards - Notice of Denial of Enrollment
Dispute Resolution Process with Links to Complaint Forms
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