Anyone who is experiencing the following is considered homeless.
- Lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence
- Sharing the housing of others due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason
- Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, camping grounds due to lack of adequate alternative accommodations
- Living in emergency or transitional shelters
- Abandoned in hospitals
- Living in a public or private place not designed for humans to live
- Living in cars, parks, abandoned buildings, bus or train stations, etc.
- Youth on their own who lack a fixed, adequate and regular primary nighttime residence (unaccompanied youth)
- Migratory Children who qualify as homeless because the children are living in circumstances described above.
For further assistance or information:
Selinsgrove Area School District’s Homeless Liaison
K-5 – Rebecca Romanic
rromanic@seal-pa.org
600 N. Broad St.
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
570-372-2285
570-372-2287 Fax
Tonya Hatter
thatter@seal-pa.org
500 N. Broad St.
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
(570) 372-2230
(570) 372-2240 FAX
Regional Homeless Coordinator Contact:
Jeff Zimmerman, Pennsylvania’s Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program
Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 570-718-4613
jzimmerman@liu18.org
Additional Resources:
Policy 251 – Homeless Students
McKinney-Vento Overview (Staff Training
Free and Reduced Meal Application
Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Website – Homeless Education