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Kitsilano group fears supportive housing will impact 'hundreds of children'.Kitsilano group suggests supportive housing will create 1,400 police calls annually.Retired criminal judge against homeless housing next to future Kitsilano SkyTrain.With the rezoning now approved, BC Housing is expected to submit a development permit application later this year, allowing construction to begin sometime in 2023. City Council also received over 2,100 written notes from the public on the project, with more than 1,500 opposed and over 500 in support. Throughout the public hearing, City Council heard from roughly 300 public speakers, including many neighbourhood residents who voiced their opposition over the concerns of impacts. ESSA places a new emphasis on the unique educational needs of students in foster care and the shared responsibility of state and local education agencies and child welfare organizations to collaborate and work together to promote educational stability.Following a tumultuous public hearing spanning six days over an entire month, Vancouver City Council has approved the controversial plan by BC Housing to build a supportive and social housing building in Kitsilano.Ĭity Council approved the project Tuesday evening in an 8-3 vote, with TEAM councillor Colleen Hardwick, NPA councillor Melissa De Genova, and ABC councillor Sarah Kirby-Yung opposed. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), passed in 2015, is the most recent version of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Law and replaces No Child Left Behind Act. Providing opportunities for parents/caregivers to be involved in campus and district involvement activities.Referrals to community agencies for housing assistance, counseling, food, clothing etc.

Access to academic intervention programs.Providing appropriate clothing and school supplies.Arranging school of origin transportation within the district, and in neighboring districts.Please email Christina Wilson or contact Project Heartbeat by phone at 25 Project HEARTBEAT works to eliminate barriers to enrollment and attendance and to increase and improve the emotional well-being and academic achievement of homeless students. Project HEARTBEAT works with children and unaccompanied youth in homeless situations to meet their basic needs and to ensure their rights under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act are met. Under the law, no student shall be stigmatized by school personnel due to homelessness. It also includes children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or many other similar settings. Homelessness includes children and youth who are living with a friend, relative, or someone else because they lost their home or can’t afford housing, children, and youth who are staying in a motel or hotel due to lack of adequate alternative accommodations, children and youth who are living in an emergency or transitional shelter or a domestic violence shelter.

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The federal McKinney Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvement Act and Texas State law (Texas Education Code Chapter 25) protect the right for homeless children and youth to receive a free and appropriate public education. Project HEARTBEAT - Homeless and Foster Services