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Housing Insecurity

Services for Students Experiencing Insecure Housing or Homelessness

  • Housing Insecurity
    Students in our district who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime home may qualify for extra help.

We work with families to help students stay in school and access stable services. Federal law, called the McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Assistance Act, gives children the right to a free, appropriate education regardless of their housing situation. Schools must remove barriers to children in temporary housing to enroll, attend and succeed in school.

  • Those eligible for McKinney-Vento services include:

    • Youth sharing housing due to loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason
    • Youth living in motels, hotels or campgrounds
    • Youth living in emergency or transitional shelters
    • Youth abandoned in hospitals
    • Youth whose primary nighttime residence is not ordinarily used as a sleeping place (e.g. park benches, etc.)
    • Youth living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, buses or train stations
    • Migratory youth living in any of the above situations
  • If any of the above situations apply, your family and/or your child may qualify for services such as free meals, transportation to school and additional tutoring. 

    If you are in need of hygiene items or basic clothing, you are welcome to fill out a Comfort Closet request form

    We work with local agencies to provide services. We also work with other school districts to provide transportation to students’ original schools.

    If you believe you qualify for services, please fill out a housing questionnaire form and return it to your school’s office or email to cayenneq@ckschools.org: 

  • Cayenne Quinn—McKinney Vento Coordinator

    cayenneq@ckschools.org 
    Phone: 360-662-1064  Fax: 360-662-1641

    David McVicker Teaching & Learning Center
    1400 NW McWilliams Rd 
    Bremerton WA 98311

    School Phone Number 
    Brownsville 360.662.8000
    Clear Creek 360.662.8100
    Cottonwood 360.662.8300
    Cougar Valley 360.662.8400
    Emerald Heights 360.662.8500
    Esquire Hills 360.662.8600
    Green Mountain 360.662.8700
    Hawk at Jackson Park 360.662.9000
    Pinecrest 360.662.9200
    Silver Ridge 360.662.9500
    Silverdale 360.662.9400
    Woodlands 360.662.9700
    Barker Creek 360.662.2570
    CKHS 360.662.2400
    CKMS 360.662.2300
    Fairview  360.662.2600
    Klahowya 360.662.4000
    Olympic 360.662.2700
    Ridgetop 360.662.2900
  • Please talk with your school counselor or our McKinney-Vento student liaison for more information. 

    Click here for information on the Dispute Resolution process.

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