Homeless and Foster Care

Homeless Students / McKinney-Vento Grant

Kent ISD is committed to helping our students who are experiencing homelessness through the McKinney-Vento grant. Each public school district and academy has a Homeless Liaison who assists with enrollment, academic support, and ongoing needs.

Find Your Homeless Liaison

Homeless Data Entry Tool for Liaisons

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Are you living in a shelter, car, park, abandoned building, campground, motel, bus / train station or doubled-up with other people due to loss of housing and economic hardship?

• Click for our informational brochure (Kent) (updated Aug. 20, 2019)
• Click for our informational brochure (Allegan)

Children in Kindergarten - 12th grade and children in state or federal funded preschool programs have the right to:

• receive a free, appropriate public education
• enroll in school immediately, even if lacking documents that are normally required
• enroll in the local school or continue at their school of origin (determined by the best interest of the student)
• receive transportation to and from the school of origin if needed  
• eligibility for federal breakfast and lunch programs
• receive educational services comparable to other children, according to their needs

Need help?

• Call 211  for immediate assistance with housing, shelter, and other needs
• For The Bridge (youth shelter), call 616.451.3001 
• National Runaway Safeline - 1-800-RUNAWAY (1-800-786-2929)