Homeless Services (Project Teach)
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Project Teach Helps Ensure Student Success
Is your child missing school because…
- you move a lot?
- you live in a shelter or motel?
- you are on the street or homeless?
- you don't have a permanent address?
Project Teach, a program at the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), can help! Free help to keep your child in school, plus connection to transportation assistance, school supplies, and more.
Project Teach promotes the educational success of children experiencing homelessness through actions like:
- Education Rights Awareness—informing parents and providing community training on the education rights of children identified as homeless under the McKinney-Vento Act.
- Collaboration and Coordination—working closely with school districts, shelters, and community-based organizations to coordinate services and supports.
- School Connection and Support—connecting children, youth, and their families with local school district homeless liaisons.
- Advocacy for Student Rights—ensuring that students' rights are upheld, including access to their school of origin, school transportation, and early childhood education programs.
- College Initiative Program (Partnership with Lutheran Social Services)—providing housing and educational support to transition-aged youth who are pregnant or parenting children (ages 0–5) while enrolled in college.
- Shelter Outreach Program—Supporting the local homeless response system by conducting outreach to 100% of family and youth shelters in the county.
- Coordinated Access System Partnership—Helping to remove barriers for families navigating Sacramento’s homeless response system who are experiencing homelessness and create a bridge between education, housing, and countywide homeless services.
Contact a Homeless Liaison for Assistance
Get in touch with a liaison, one of the local educators who help children experiencing homelessness receive equal access to education and connect them with support services.
Sacramento County Resources
Brochures
Educational Rights Videos
Project Teach has produced instructional videos explaining education rights to families. School districts, shelters, and agencies offering assistance to students experiencing homelessness are encouraged to consider using the following video as they help inform families of education rights of children.
