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Assisting Easily Overlooked Students: Undocumented Foster Youth & Unaccompanied Homeless Youth. Presenters. Mark Delorey, Western Michigan University Barbara Duffield, NAEHCY Cyekeia Lee, NAEHCY. Best Practices Discussion. A little bit from us A little bit from you. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MASFAA 2013October 6th – 9th, 2013Indianapolis, Indiana
Assisting Easily Overlooked Students: Undocumented
Foster Youth & Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
Presenters Mark Delorey, Western Michigan
University Barbara Duffield, NAEHCY Cyekeia Lee, NAEHCY
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Best Practices Discussion A little bit from us
A little bit from you
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“Shirt-sleeve” Definitions Undocumented: not a U.S. citizen or
permanent resident. Lacks paperwork
Foster youth: removed from their parents as the result of abuse or neglect
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth: Under 22, not living with parents, lacking fixed-adequate-regular housing
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Three Groups What do they have in common? What are the differences? Are the groups distinct?
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Undocumented Plyler v. Doe: education for all K-12 14th Amendment: Equal protection
for “all persons”
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Undocumented Not eligible for federal (or state?) aid State resident tuition at state
schools?(California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, and Washington) Private aid search
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Undocumented
Some schools…• Charge resident tuition without state
requirement – Board approval• Deny admission • Do not award any institutional aid• Provide considerable institutional and
private funding
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UndocumentedDevelopment, Relief, & Education for Alien Minors
(DREAM Act)
• Original sponsors Hatch & Durbin in 2001• NOT yet passed, ONLY 57 votes in senate• Path to citizenship • Financial aid eligibility
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Undocumented
Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals
• DACA• Entered the U.S. before turning 16,
etc.• Executive order in June, 2012• Work permit and Social Security Card
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Undocumented
DACA continued…..
• Drivers licenses• Safe from deportation• Not Title IV aid eligible• Not a clear path to citizenship
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Undocumented
What’s next?
• On our campuses• In the U.S.
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Undocumented
What are you doing that is working well?
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Foster Care Alums Removed from the care of their
parentsand…
Refugees granted asylumand…
Victims of human trafficking – T Visa
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Foster Care Alums Western Michigan University Seita
Scholars
◊ Full tuition scholarship◊ 35 – 1 ratio of full time “campus
coaches” ◊ Extensive University and community
support
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Foster Care Alums Education & Training Voucher Refugee Education Training Voucher
◊ $4,000 to $5,000 annually◊ Federal Chaffee Funding from HHS◊ Gen 13-18: Extended Foster Care
Payments• Not counted as resource or as untaxed
income
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Foster Care Alums
What are you doing that is working well?
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Unaccompanied Homeless Youth(UHY)
Automatic Independent status
U = Not in the presence of their parents
and… H = Lacking fixed - adequate -
regular housingand…
Y = 21 and younger
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Unaccompanied Homeless Youth(UHY)
Determination is made by:◊ School district homeless liaison
or…◊ Director of a homeless shelter
or…◊ Director of a runaway shelter
or…◊ FAO
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UHY
Crucial points to understand: This is NOT a PJ, dependency
override Verification isn’t required (conflicting
info) DETERMINATION not a DECISION No valid reason to ask “Why?”
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UHY If we could ask why:
◊ Physical, sexual, emotional, substance abuse
◊ Sexual orientation, pregnancy◊ Moving and can’t bring you with me (us)◊ Shelter can’t accommodate teens, boys◊ Other…..
NAEHCY Resources
NAEHCY Higher Education Hotline:855-446-2673
http://www.naehcy.org Cyekeia Lee, Higher Education Liaison, [email protected] FAFSA Tips for Unaccompanied Youth Without Stable Housing Helping Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Access College
Financial Aid Brief Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Toolkits, FAFSA Week:http://naehcy.org/tk/cl.html
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UHY
What are you doing that is working well?
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Common Needs Understanding, compassion Go the extra mile, and then a little
further Help students find resources on
campus Recognize that trust may be difficult
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Closing Thought
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”
― Leo Buscaglia