Project HOPE - Families in Transition
What is Project HOPE - Families in Transition?
Project HOPE, Families in Transition, is a program offered by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Project HOPE is dedicated to ensuring that all children and young people experiencing homelessness have access to the educational services to which they are entitled under the federal McKinney-Vento Act.
Project HOPE-Families in Transition serves all students who do not have a fixed, regular or adequate living situation. We need your help to identify these students!
If you know of students and families who are:
Youth living on their own without a parent or legal guardian
Living in an RV, car, tent, or on the street
In a shelter or transitional housing
In a motel
Staying with relatives or friends because they lost their own housing
In inadequate conditions (not all utilities turned on, overcrowded, etc)
Living in a garage, basement, or other space not designed for sleeping
Couch surfing from place to place
Please contact Project HOPE at 336-703-4278 or project_hope@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
McKinney-Vento Basics
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act includes the Education of Homeless Children and Youth Program (McKinney-Vento ).This federal law requires schools to remove barriers for students experiencing homelessness.
Rights of Eligible Children and Youth
Right to immediate school enrollment even when records are not present
Right to remain in the school of origin, if in the student's best interest
Right to receive transportation to and from the school of origin
Right to receive support for academic success
Contact Information
Address: 601 Cherry Street North, Winston Salem, NC 27101
Phone: 336-703-4278
Email: project_hope@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
Homeless Liaison for WS/FCS:
Beth Ann Chambers, Program Manager
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