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Johnson City names homeless education coordinator, highlights transportation and family resource needs
Summary
Lauren McGrew, the new homeless education program coordinator and Family Resource Center manager for Johnson City Schools, described services for unhoused students — including same-day outreach, two program vans for transportation, and a request for community sponsors — and said she currently works with 122 homeless students and the Family Resource Center has helped 181 students.
Lauren McGrew, introduced Dec. 1 as Johnson City Schools’ new homeless education program coordinator and Family Resource Center manager, outlined outreach and support services the district provides to students experiencing homelessness.
"As of today, I have 122 homeless students that I know of," McGrew said. She told the board the Johnson City point-in-time count for Northeast Tennessee showed more than 900 unhoused people and emphasized that many families are doubled…
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