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211 UWGC

Provides assistance with enrolling students in local districts in keeping with provisions of the federal law that tells the federal requirements for ensuring that homeless students be enrolled in and attend school. Can also answer questions about the details of what rights are available to those seeking help with registering and being successful if homeless. Help is available for individual families as well as for the staff of school districts who are responsible for maintaining the law at the local level.

211 Cleveland

Provides enrollment assistance, school supplies, a transportation plan, school meals, connections to gifted and special needs programs, and housing and community referrals.

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Provides a program to help children who are homeless adjust to new circumstances and continue to strive for scholastic achievement. Can provide: educational materials, tutoring, assistance with school bus transportation, pool of resources, and a school coordinator to assist you. If, due to a lack of housing, must live in a shelter, motel, vehicle, campground, abandoned building, on the street, or doubled-up with relatives or friends (not a legal guardian), then according to the McKinney-Vento Act, you are considered homeless.

211 Mansfield OH

Assists families, children, and youth who are experiencing homelessness with enrollment, school stability, transportation assistance, access to educational opportunities, and referrals to community resources in accordance with the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Allows children and youth experiencing homelessness to stay enrolled in the same school that was attended before becoming homeless. Will provide transportation so long as it is deemed feasible.

LSS 211 Central Ohio

Offers the program Project RISE (Realizing Individual Strength Through Education), a collaborative effort by Akron Public Schools, local shelters, and the community to provide educational services to children and youth who are homeless. Project RISE also has a "Love and Learn" project where volunteers sew learning dolls for children who are homeless without a permanent nighttime residence.

211 Summit

Assists families, chidren, and youth who are experiencing homelessness with a variety of resources. Students can receive assistance with school supplies, uniforms, clothing, academic support, tutoring, transportation to and from school, and access to resources within the community. This may include unaccompanied children and youth who are not in the custody of a legal parent or guardian, or children and families living in a temporary location such as a hotel, motel, shelter, abandoned building, parks, substandard housing, cars, or outdoors.

211 UWGC

Provides direct instructional and support services to eligible children and youth. Goal is to get children into school and to ensure success of children and families in the school district. Services include providing or referring eligible families to supports that may assist with a family's housing stabilization, including assistance with getting documents for school enrollment (birth certificates, immunization records, etc), food and other basic needs assistance. Direct services to assist with school work may include digital equipment for online learning and access to the Internet. School services may include tutoring, school appropriate clothing, school supplies, homework assistance, educational enrichment, vocational assessment for teens, and special needs assessment for preschoolers. Also provides an e-mail system for shelter managers to connect them directly to the school district and ensure ease of school registration for eligible children.

211 Cleveland