The McKinney-Vento Act and Children and Youth ... - State of Michigan

Table of Contents
Executive Summary ..........................................................................................................1
Educational Challenges of Homelessness and Out-of-Home Care .........................................7
Overview of the McKinney-Vento Act
and Children and Youth Awaiting Foster Care Placement ...................................................13
From Law into Practice: Strategies to Maximize
the McKinney-Vento Act for Youth Awaiting Foster Care Placement ....................................17
1. Building effective collaborations between child welfare and education .............18
2. Defining awaiting foster care placement under the McKinney-Vento Act ........27
3. Designing and implementing strategies to maximize school stability
and provide transportation ..............................................................................34
4. Ensuring that education and child welfare agencies have
staff with sufficient training and capacity to ensure immediate
enrollment, attendance, and services ................................................................37
5. Clarifying education-related roles and responsibilities ......................................40
6. Implementing procedures for schools and child welfare
agencies to share information in order to deliver timely,
effective services to children in care .................................................................44
7. Treating youth in out-of-home care with dignity,
understanding, and discretion ..........................................................................49
From Practice into Law: Policy Recommendations to Support
the Educational Success of Youth in Out-of-Home Care .....................................................53
Conclusion ....................................................................................................................59
Glossary of Terms ..........................................................................................................60
References ....................................................................................................................61
Appendix .......................................................................................................................65
Endnotes .......................................................................................................................67
Strategies for Improving Educational Outcomes through School Stability i