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perhaps because the Social Worker was familiar with their casual register (Payne). If the
parents/guardians agreed to enroll their child, then the Social Worker would assist them in
completing the registration including dietary restrictions, emergency contact information and
transportation arrangements (as most of these students relied on the school bus for daily
transportation). She would then return the registration forms to the Coordinator for
enrollment and to be included in the lottery process, if needed. All teachers were advised of
these procedural enhancements and encouraged to nominate students for Homework Help.
Conclusions
Comparing statistics for the winter 2006 Homework Help Enrichment sessions to the spring
2006 sessions, we experienced significant increase in enrollment of our homeless/highly
mobile students as evidenced by the percentage of scholarships awarded. These results are:
Winter Session
Monday - 57% of 14 students received scholarships
Thursday - 50% of 8 students received scholarships
Winter total - 56% of the 22 students received scholarships
Spring Session
Monday - 67% of 12 students received scholarships
Tuesday - 93% of 14 students received scholarships
Spring total - 80% of the 26 students received scholarships
Overall, this represents a 24% increase!
Mayor John Hickenlooper, Denver, has recently launched the Commission to End
Homelessness. One of the plan’s eight objectives states, “Raise community awareness and
create a regional response to homelessness.” To this end, my project helped raise community
awareness and created a local response to affect homelessness in our Lowry Elementary
community
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