Tool Search: Homeless
The Homeless tool records basic homeless information. The list of homeless records is sorted by Start Date.
See the core Homeless article for information on necessary tool rights, available Ad hoc fields, and guidance on adding and printing Enrollment records.
Student Homeless RecordRead - View the student's existing Homeless record.
Write - Modify the students' existing Homeless record.
Add - Add a new Homeless record.
Delete - Permanently remove a student's Homeless record.
For more information about Tool Rights and how they function, see the Tool Rights article.
Use the Federal/State Program Updater tool to import Homeless information to this tool.
Enter Homeless Records
All fields are required except for End Date and Comments.
- Click the New icon. A Homeless Detail editor displays.
- Enter the appropriate Start Date.
- Select the appropriate Primary Night Time Residence option.
- Select the correct option for Unaccompanied Youth.
- Select the correct option for Served with McKinney-Vento.
- Select the correct option for Services provided by other LEA funds.
- Enter additional Comments for the student's Homeless record.
- Click the Save icon when finished. The new record is displayed in the Homeless Editor.
Records cannot have overlapping dates.
To modify a Homeless record, select it from the editor and enter the new information (end date, etc.).
- When a student is no longer considered homeless, edit the record and enter an End Date.
- When a student's Homeless/Primary Nighttime Residence information changes, edit the existing record with the appropriate end date, then create a new homeless record with the new Homeless/Primary Nighttime Residence status.
- When a record was entered in error, click the Delete icon to remove it completely.
Print Homeless Summary Report
Click the Print Summary Report to display a PDF view of the student's Homeless records.
Homeless - Print Summary
Documents
Click the Documents button on the action bar to view or add documents related to the student's Homeless record. See the Student Person Documents article for more information.
Homeless Field Descriptions
Start Date
Indicates the date the student was identified as being Homeless.
End Date
Indicates the date the student was considered to no longer be Homeless.
Primary Night Time Residence
Primary Nighttime Residence indicates the student's living situation at the time the student was identified as Homeless.
- D: Doubled Up
- HM: Hotels/Motels
- STH: Shelters and transitional housing
- U: Unsheltered
Unaccompanied Youth
- N: No
- Y: Yes
Served with McKinney-Vento
Indicator if the student was served as homeless under the Mckinney-Vento Act.
- N: No
- Y: Yes
Services provided by other LEA Funds
Indicates whether other LEA funds provided services.
- N: No
- Y: Yes
