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Chandler Unified families-in-transition advocate details enrollment, basic-needs and transportation supports
Summary
The district’s Families in Transition and related advocates described McKinney‑Vento services, foster‑care tracking, basic‑needs assistance and transportation arrangements for students experiencing homelessness, unaccompanied youth, refugees and foster care.
Val Jerry, the Families in Transition advocate and academic coach at Chandler Unified School District, outlined services for students experiencing housing instability, unaccompanied youth, immigrant and refugee students and foster-care students.
Jerry said the district ensures immediate enrollment to avoid student loss and works to remove barriers to participation by providing transportation, clothing, backpacks, class‑fee support and in‑school vision screenings. “My first and foremost position is to work with sites and make sure that we are immediately enrolling any student so that…
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