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Homeless Education

Homeless Education Liaison (K-12):  Kevin Brook
Email: brookks@billingsschools.org

Community Liaison-Homeless Education: Emma Bartel
Phone: (406) 281-6719 (office)
Email: bartele@billingsschools.org

Community Liaison-Homeless Education: Kim Sherman
Email:  shermank@billingsschools.org

 

If you are a parent/guardian or student in need of assistance you my contact the building principal or the BPS Community Liaisons-Homeless Education - Emma Bartel or Kim Sherman or the Homeless Education Liaison - Kevin Brook (brookks@billingsschools.org). 

                  
Support for students experiencing homelessness or high poverty is located at the Family Resource Center or additional information can be found by contacting a BPS Community Liaison.

 
The purpose of our program is to ensure that all homeless students have the same equal access to a free and appropriate education.


How do we determine if a child is homeless?

Under the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act, a child may be classified as homeless using the following definition:
 

The term "homeless children and youth" means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes those individuals:

 

  • Sharing the housing of others due to loss of housing or economic hardship (two or more families living in a home)
  • Living in motels/hotels due to lack of alternative accommodations
  • Living in emergency or transitional shelters
  • Living in cars, tents or abandoned buildings  
  • Living in campgrounds or cars
  • Living in substandard housing (lacks electricity or running water)
  • Unaccompanied youth (not living in the physical custody of a parent or legal guardian and lacking a regular, fixed, nighttime residence) 

 
If you are a parent/guardian or a student in need of assistance you may contact the building principal or the district's Homeless Education Liaison - Kevin Brook (406-281-6719). 


Educational rights for students experiencing homelessness

Children and youth experiencing homelessness have the right to:

  • Go to school, no matter where they live or how long they have lived here.
  • Continue in the school they attended before they became homeless or the school they last attended, if that is the parent's or youth's choice and is feasible.
  • Receive transportation to the school they attended before becoming homeless (school of origin).
  • Enroll in school without a permanent address.
  • Enroll and attend classes while the school arranges for the transfer of school and immunization records or any other document required for enrollment.
  • Receive the same special programs and services, if needed, as provided to all other children or youths served in these programs. 
  • Attend school with children not experiencing homelessness; segregation based on a student's status as homeless is prohibited.

If you would like to review policies regarding homelessness for Billings Public Schools, choose a topic below. 


 

Resources

Healthcare for the Homeless:
Main site: 2424 1st Avenue North 

406-651-6560
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7am - 4pm;
Thursday 7am - noon Closed: Noon - 1pm,
Wednesdays: Noon - 2pm
 
St. Vincent de Paul, 3005 First Avenue South
Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 1pm - 4pm

RiverStone Health Clinic
123 South 27th Street
406.247.3350
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday (7am - 4pm) - Closed 12pm - 1pm Monday & Friday; Wednesday (12pm - 2pm) Tuesday and Thursday (1pm - 4pm)
Blood Draw Hours: Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm 
Closed 12pm-1pm

RiverStone Health Dental Clinic
123 South 27th Street
Phone: 406.247.3333
Hours: Monday– Friday, 7am - 6pm

RiverStone Health Immunization Clinic
123 South 27th Street - Lil Anderson Building
406.247.3382
Hours: Monday, Friday, 1pm – 4:30pm
Wednesday, 11am – 5:30pm

RiverStone Health Pharmacy
123 South 27th Street
406.247.3330, Hours: Monday – Friday,
8:30am - 5:30pm, closed at 5pm the last Friday of each month.