Q&A
Coordination with Department of Education for asylum seeker children's education
2:16:26
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51 sec
Officials discuss the coordination between the Department of Education and shelter sites for asylum seeker children's education. They explain the presence of DOE coordinators at sites and the efforts to place families in boroughs where their children attend school.
- DOE coordinators are present at shelter sites
- Daily emails from attendance teachers help maintain coordination
- 82.6% of families are placed in the borough where their youngest child attends school
Ted Long
2:16:26
Yeah.
2:16:26
Happy to.
2:16:27
And I know, council member Joseph just stepped away, but I my excellent team has given me precise answers to her questions, so maybe I'll put it on the record.
2:16:34
Sure.
2:16:35
Yes to coordinators at, at all of our sites from d o for d from DOE.
2:16:40
And we also get emails, from attendance teachers daily so that we can stay coordinated closely with our DOE colleagues that are on-site at my sites.
2:16:50
So going to case management
Alexa Avilés
2:16:51
Can I pause you for a quick second?
2:16:53
Is that the case for DHS sites?
2:16:56
Are there coordinators at every site?
UNKNOWN
2:16:58
We work closely with DOE and they are, and our, percentage for last month was 82.6 where we make sure that our families are placed and the the child and the younger the youngest child in the borough of where they go
UNKNOWN
2:17:11
to school.
2:17:11
Okay.
UNKNOWN
2:17:12
And that's always been a policy for us, so we just continued.
Alexa Avilés
2:17:15
Thank you.
UNKNOWN
2:17:16
Okay.
Alexa Avilés
2:17:16
Back to you.
Ted Long
2:17:17
Thank you.
