PA ECYEH Region 7
Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness
Find your school district contact HERE
For immediate assistance, click here to fill out the form and a member of the Region 7 team
will return your message ASAP.
Or email us at: ecyeh7@liu18.org
Click here for the Region 7 Educational Stability for Foster Youth website
Region 7 News and Announcements
New state website for the ECYEH Program!!!
Check it out here: https://ecyehpennsylvania.center-school.org/
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Presentations from the conference have been moved to the Conference Materials section
Spring Training has started! Here are the dates to the last two meetings:
May 13th CSIU, Susquehanna Rooms A & B 9:00am-3:00pm
May 15th Pocono Mountain SD Administration Building 9:00am-3:00pm
Conference Materials
Session 1
PDE Roundtable
SAP: Navigating Student Wellness
Session 2
Collaboration for Successful Educational Outcomes
Session 3
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Conference 2023 Artwork
Students in our area were asked to submit art work pertaining to their thoughts on homelessness. Please take a look at some of the wonderful submissions from students around Region 7!!!!
Elizabeth Strange, Bloomsburg Area School District
Layla Sierra, Wilkes-Barre Area School District
Roman Trujillo, Lewisburg Area School District
Valeria Longinos, Wilkes-Barre Area School District
Syndey Sura, Wallenpaupack Area School District
Cassie Bancia, Lewiburg Area School District
Ava Siergiej, Northwest Area School District
Kiara Vasquez, Wilkes-Barre Area School District
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Region 7 serves the following counties: Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Wayne and Wyoming counties.
Region 7 ECYEH Program
On July 22, 1987, the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act became public law. This was the first comprehensive federal law dealing with the problems of homelessness. The McKinney-Vento Act was recently reauthorized under the Every Student Succeeds Act in December 2015.
The main objective of PA’s Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness (ECYEH) program is to make sure homeless youth have access to appropriate education while removing barriers that homeless children face. Its goal is have the educational process continue as uninterrupted as possible while the children are in homeless situations. Some of the other objectives of our program are to inform school districts of their responsibilities to homeless children and youth, increase awareness about the needs of homeless children, explain current legislation and policies and provide practical tips for working with homeless children.
This includes 78 school districts, four public charters schools and three full-time career and technical schools. The Regional Coordinator for Pennsylvania’s Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program is located in the Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 in Kingston, PA (Luzerne County).
The Region 7 staff targets the needs of homeless children, youth and their families. We are committed to ensuring all students experiencing homelessness have the opportunity to succeed in school. The goal is to provide as much stability as possible, educational assistance and support to children living in transitional situations such as homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters and other temporary housing situations.
The coordinators work in collaboration with the school districts and shelter/transitional housing providers to ensure continuity, while the children are in homeless situations.
Areas of service provided include:
Training school district liaisons and shelter providers
Technical assistance
Personal visits to sites
Distribution of literature
School enrollment and placement issues
Referrals for clothing, food, shelter, transportation and other related services
We provide training on the following topics:
McKinney-Vento 101
School Staff and Faculty McKinney-Vento Overview
New McKinney-Vento Liaison Training
Pre and Post PDE monitoring support
Foster Care
Post-Identification
Importance of Collaboration
McKinney-Vento and Early Childhood (Head Starts, Early Intervention)
For additional information on the services provided and/or technical assistance, please contact:
Jeff Zimmerman Darci Berti Andy Kuhl
ECYEH/Foster Region 7 Coordinator Program Specialist Program Consultant
368 Tioga Avenue 570-718-4697 570-718-4646
Kingston, PA 18704 dberti@liu18.org akuhl@liu18.org
570-718-4613
jzimmerman@liu18.org
Click here for the Region 7 Foster Website
Resources
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Presentations/Data
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Forms/Regional Materials
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Act 1 Resources
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For School Districts
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Higher Education
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Higher Education Links
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Early Childhood
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Early Childhood Links
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Links
Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18
368 Tioga Avenue
Kingston, PA 18704
570-287-9681
Updated 4-15-2024