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Kern County superintendent office highlights Student Voice Ambassador program and $5.2 million youth housing grant
Summary
Kern County Superintendent of Schools staff described programs serving foster and homeless youth, reported serving about 7,200 McKinney-Vento-identified homeless students and roughly 1,200 foster youth in school at any one time, and noted a recently awarded $5.2 million grant for housing services for youth ages 14–24.
Kurt Williams, senior director for foster and homeless education programs at the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office (KCSOS), briefed the board on the Student Voice Ambassador program and related support services at the April 14 meeting.
Williams said KCSOS coordinates services across all 46 school districts in Kern County and now manages McKinney-Vento programs countywide. He reported that the district identifies "over 7,000" homeless students (he estimated "somewhere…
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