How Can School Social Workers Help?

School Social Worker services include, but are not limited to:

• Develop and implement strategies to address and eliminate identified barriers.

• Provide the vital link between the home, school, and community to provide support services that impact students’ academic achievement.

• Help students increase academic success, improve interpersonal relationships, cope with crisis situations, learn problem-solving skills, improve attendance, and build self-esteem.

• Promotes the academic mission of schools by fostering educational environments that are safe; have supportive, fair, and responsive policies; and emphasize early intervention and positive behavioral interventions.

Eligibility

The McKinney-Vento Act (42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.) is a federal law that addresses the needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness. The law defines homeless to include the following temporary living situations due to hardship:

• Living with a friend, relative or other person

• Hotel or motel

• Shelter or transitional housing

• Car, park or other public place

• Campground or inadequate home

• Youth living on their own, runaway youth or youth kicked out

The McKinney-Vento Act addresses educational challenges created by homelessness and guarantees students the right to enroll, attend, and succeed in school.

*For summer assistance, please call (919) 694-0582 to contact the District Liaison.