Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness (ECYEH)

Anyone who is experiencing the following is considered homeless.

Lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence
Sharing the housing of others due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason
Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, camping grounds due to lack of adequate alternative accommodations
Living in emergency or transitional shelters
Abandoned in hospitals
Living in a public or private place not designed for humans to live
Living in cars, parks, abandoned buildings, bus or train stations, etc.
Youth on their own who lack a fixed, adequate and regular primary nighttime residence (unaccompanied youth)
Migratory Children who qualify as homeless because the children are living in circumstances described above.

For further assistance or information:

Selinsgrove Area School District’s Homeless Liaison:

Brian C. Parise, Assistant Superintendent

329 Seal Ave.

Selinsgrove, PA 17870

570-372-2202

Elementary (K-5th Grades) Point of Contact: Rebecca Romanic, LSW

rromanic@seal-pa.org

600 N. Broad St.
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
570-372-2285
570-372-2287 Fax

Secondary (6th – 12th Grades) Point of Contact: Tonya Hatter, LSW

thatter@seal-pa.org

500 N. Broad St.
Selinsgrove, PA 17870
(570) 372-2230
(570) 372-2240 FAX

Regional Homeless Coordinator Contact:

Jeff Zimmerman, Pennsylvania’s Education for Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program

Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 570-718-4613

jzimmerman@liu18.org

Additional Resources:

Family Resources