Homeless & Foster Youth Services
Homeless/McKinney Vento ![]()
Our District helps support families in need of housing, food, and medical support services.
The term homeless children and youth means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
This definition also includes:
• Children and youth who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason
• Children who may be living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or shelters
• Children and youth who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings
• Children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, or similar settings
• Unaccompanied youth not in the presence of parent or guardian
Parents and Youth
Padres y Jóvenes
Community and Family Resources
Foster Youth![]()
• Children/youth who are dependents of the Dependency section of the juvenile court
• Children/youth residing in out of home placement as ordered by the Delinquency section of the Juvenile Court, Enrollment Rights
• WJUSD will enroll a foster child immediately even if the foster child is unable to produce records such as previous academic records, medical records, proof of residency, other documentation
• To ensure a student’s appropriate school placement, we encourage all relevant documents be provided at the time of enrollment if possible.
• When a home placement change occurs, a foster child is allowed to remain in his/her school of origin while under the jurisdiction of the court.
• If a foster child exits foster care mid-year they are allowed to remain in his/her school of origin for the duration of the school year.
• High school students whose court jurisdiction terminates while they are in high school, can remain in their school of origin through graduation.
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