Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program

Shelia Evans-Tranumn, State Coordinator for Homeless Education

Roberto Reyes, State Title I Director

Patricia McGuirk, Homeless Education Program Manager

New York's Education for Homeless Children and Youth program provides support to ensure that homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate, public education – including public preschool – provided to other New York children, with the opportunity to meet the same challenging state content and student performance standards. Every school district is required to have a homeless liaison whose duties include the removal of barriers to the enrollment, attendance and success of homeless children and youth in school.

Technical assistance and support to local education agencies (LEAs) is provided by New York’s Homeless Education Program Manager, Patricia McGuirk (email or 518-473-0295) and by the New York State Technical and Education Assistance Center for Homeless Education (NYS-TEACHS or toll free at 1-800-388-2014).

Information on Students Displaced as a Result of Hurricanes