Elementary School Counseling - Assistance: Food/Housing/Utilities

Elementary School Counseling

Utilities

Dollar Energy Fund

The Columbia Gas Customer Assistance Program

Food & Nutrition

Free & Reduced Price Meals through Norwin

Westmoreland Food Bank

Pennsylvania W.I.C.

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)

Housing

Westmoreland Community Action

Emergency Rental Assistance Program

Westmoreland County DCORT

Experiencing Homelessness?

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001

Homelessness is defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as anyone who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence:

Shared housing
Living in emergency/transitional housing
Living in hotels, motels, trailer parks/camping grounds
Living in parks, cars, public spaces, abandoned buildings
Abandoned/Runaways
Awaiting foster care
Migratory children

Resources

A General Guide to Pennsylvania's Education for Children & Youth Experiencing Homelessness (ECYEH) Program

The Rights of Children & Youth Experiencing Homelessness

Educational Rights Poster for Parents

Google Sites

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