Illini Central CUSD 189

Are you experiencing housing insecurity?

Many different living situations can qualify a student for aid:

• In a house or apartment with more than one family due to loss of housing or economic hardship

• With friends, family, or others because they are a runaway or an unaccompanied youth

• In substandard housing (without electricity, water, heat, etc.)

• In a shelter (family, domestic violence, transitional living program, etc.)

• In a motel, hotel, weekly rate housing

• In an abandoned building, in a car, at a campground, or on the streets

A student may:

• Participate fully in all school activities and programs as eligible

• Receive transportation to and from the school of origin

• Continue to attend the last enrolled school even if the student has moved away from the school’s attendance area

• Qualify automatically for school nutrition programs

A student must be enrolled in school immediately, even without the required documents such as:

• Proof of residency

• Immunization records or other health records

• School records

• Legal guardianship papers