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Accommodations for students in temporary housing in Summer Rising
2:45:04
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Council Member Stevens and DOE officials discuss the plans and processes for accommodating students in temporary housing who are enrolled in Summer Rising, particularly those who may need to move during the program.
- The DOE works closely with STH coordinators to gather feedback and support students individually
- Students are encouraged to apply and get a seat, with assurances that accommodations will be made if they need to move
- The DOE conducts outreach in shelters and communities to provide information directly to families
- Collaboration with DHS and Health and Hospitals ensures that staff in contact with families are informed
- Training sessions are held between enrollment teams and student temporary housing teams
- DOE officials, including leadership, conduct direct outreach in shelters to address concerns and assist with applications
Althea V. Stevens
2:45:04
What's the plan plans slash process for students enrolled in Sunrise and who are in temporary housing and are required to move?
Emma Vadehra
2:45:13
Yes.
2:45:14
We are working very closely with Flavia and team on this to make sure we're getting the feedback in from our STH coordinators, sharing that centrally with ourselves, and figuring out what the student wants, whether the student wants to stay where they are, whether the students wants to move to a different spot, and how we can support them individually at that time.
Flavia Puello-Perdomo
2:45:34
Not a huge amount to build upon there, but also making sure that they're concerned about potentially moving don't keep them from applying.
2:45:43
So it's really like apply, get a seat, and then we will work with you to ensure that we're providing the communication or that you get the transportation that you are entitled to get as a student in temporary housing to get to your location.
Althea V. Stevens
2:45:55
How are you guys letting families know that?
2:45:58
Because I think sometimes that especially in temporary housing, gets it's a breakdown.
2:46:02
So are you guys working with the temporary housing placement shelters to let them know this?
2:46:08
How are you getting them that information?
Flavia Puello-Perdomo
2:46:11
All of the above.
2:46:12
So for example, which something that was mentioned earlier when we had the early childhood application, my team, including those who work centrally, including myself, are out in the communities, in the shelters, making direct contact with the families.
2:46:28
We also held meetings with DHS, with Health and Hospital, their leadership so that the people that have direct contact with families are empowered and all that information.
2:46:40
We held trainings between the enrollment team, the student and temporary housing team.
2:46:44
And to me, it's like all hands on deck, including me being out in the shelters and making direct contact with families so that we can ease any confusion, provide clarity, work with them to create accounts if they don't have accounts, really understand what are the things keeping them from applying.