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Have you considered pursuing a GED, then enrolling into a community college?
As an adult there are certain utterances one can make, and things just happen.
I refer to these utterances as magic words, or magic phrases.
In most cases a 17 year old will require an adult sponsor to enroll in high school.
If the 17 year old were to say "I'm homeless, mom and dad deserted me.", magic occurs.
The acronym HARP is a magic word, when used properly invokes great magic and gifts or blessings begin to pour down upon the utterer.
I am NOT advising you to do anything.
I am simply reciting to you what has been done.
Residency & Student Enrollment
McKinney-Vento Act
https://dese.mo.gov/sites/default/files/IntroductiontoMcKinney-Vento08-30-11.pdf
Family Services
Service for Homeless Students
A homeless student is one who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence. This includes students who are staying in transitional or emergency shelters, campgrounds, motels, sharing housing with other families due to a loss of housing or an inability to afford housing, awaiting foster care, abandoned in a hospital, staying in a substandard housing or living in places not ordinarily used for sleeping and students who have run away or have been thrown out of their homes. A homeless student may stay in the same school all year, if feasible, even is he/she moves, or may enroll in the school serving his/her temporary address.
Homeless students are automatically eligible to participate in the school meals program, instructional services through Title I, and other district services intended to support academic success such as tutoring and transportation to the school if best interest. Please contact the school principal, family school liaison, or Homeless Services office (816) 521-5300 for further information.
Homeless Case Manager: Angie Schnetzer (816) 213-3233
angie_schnetzer@isdschools.org
Program Goals
Identify and meet the needs of students in homeless situations to maximize their success in school and minimized disruption of their education.
Provide support and resources, including transportation, to maintain consistency and continuity in the educational process for students in homeless circumstances.
Provide full access to educational programs and opportunities for homeless students that housed students receive.
Engage parents and other adult caretakers in the supporting the educational success of students in homeless situations.
Coordinate services and supports for homeless students with community agencies and neighboring school districts.
Program Services Include
Services and supports are available to students and their families so that every child achieves to his or her potential!
Immediate enrollment in school and removal of barriers to enrollment and participation – for example, obtaining replacement birth certificates and immunization records.
Transportation to and from school, and for extra-curricular activities when feasible. Transportation is also available for families to attend conferences and school events.
School supplies, backpacks, school clothes and other daily living and enrichment items.
Funds to replace library and text books lost due to homelessness and to purchase books for homeless students to own.
Activity and field trip fees.
Tutoring to help students catch up and stay current.
Limited scholarships for Kids Safari and Early Education programs.
Case management, support services, and on-site mental health counseling.
Who can we help?
Children and youth in temporary housing situations may be eligible for services and have certain legal rights if they are:
living with a friend, relative or someone else because they lost their home or can't afford a home, or are runaways;*
staying in a motel or hotel;*
living in an emergency or transitional shelter or a domestic violence shelter;
staying in substandard housing;*
living in a car, park, public place, abandoned building or bus or train station;
awaiting foster care placement;
living in a campground or an inadequate trailer home;
abandoned in a hospital;
living in a runaway or homeless youth shelter.
Note: * Consideration of each individual case, along with the permanency of the situation, may be needed to determine if students in these circumstances are homeless.
