Homeless
Maine DOE Website on Homeless Education
RSU26 Homeless Liaison: Christine Schmidt, Assistant Director of Special Services 207-866-7110 (email: cschmidt)
Who is Homeless? (copied from MDOE website)
~ An Individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including children and youth:
-Sharing housing due to loss of housing or economic hardship
-Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate housing
-Living in emergency or transitional housing
-Abandoned in hospitals
-Awaiting foster care
-Having a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, regular sleeping accommodations
-Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations
-Migratory students meeting the descriptions above
Signs Which May Indicate Homelessness:
-Lack of continuity in education
-Poor health/nutrition
-Transportation and attendance problems
-Poor hygiene
-Lack of privacy/personal space after school
-Social and behavioral concerns
-Reactions/statements by parent, guardian, or child