Homeless Liaison offered at Cosmopolis School District
1439 4th Street, Cosmopolis, WA 98537
From Highway 101 turn south on C St, then left at 3rd St. Cosmopolis Elementary is located on the corner of 3rd and B Streets.
Eligibility
Under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Act, families or students in the following situations are homeless and are eligible for special rights:
- in a shelter, motel, vehicle or campground
- on the street, 24-hour restaurant, or bus station
- displaced due to natural or manmade disaster (flood, earthquake, fire)
- living in a motel, abandoned building, trailer or other inadequate accommodations
- living with friends or relatives due to the inability to find affordable housing
- "couch surfing"
- teenager living on his/her own.
Hours
M-F, 7:30am-3pm.
(360) 532-7181
Voice·
Cherie Patterson
Application process
Call, please leave your phone number in a message if there is no answer.
Fees
None.
Service area
Grays Harbor, WA
May be able to provides homeless families and students, including unaccompanied youth, the following services:
- Assistance with school registration, even if the family or student is missing documentation such as birth certificate and immunization records.
- Automatic free lunch and breakfast if available, without the need to fill out that particular form.
- Assistance with keeping the student in the same school, even after moving, sometimes even if the move is to another school district.
- Assistance with transportation to and from school in the form of school buses, gas vouchers, or city bus passes.
- Free school supplies if needed.
- Free school clothes if needed.
- Referrals to other services as needed.
Providing organization
Cosmopolis School District
School District