Project Reach helps families with school age children. We assist homeless families and try to prevent families from becoming homeless.

The EscaRosa Coalition On the Homeless (ECOH) and Project REACH have no funds to assist families, but will seek to find assistance and provide referrals for families. We seek to keep children in school or help them enroll in school. Our goal is to remove barriers to school attendance. We work with the school system and Project TOUCH to assist the homeless. The Project is funded by the Escambia County School System, Title I office through a contract with the EscaRosa Coalition On the Homeless (ECOH).

Project REACH provides for a Part-time School Social Worker for the Homeless and two Part-time Hispanic Advocates. The contract provides for a Referral service for homeless families with school age children.

Services Provided

Project REACH will work to remove barriers to a free public education for all students. Title I schools will be given high priority, but all schools may make referrals for services Project REACH will Provide:

• Services of the School Social Worker for the Homeless who will:
  
  
• Assist with School registration.
  
  
• Provide information about the services of the school system.
  
  
• Provide information about community resources and agencies.
  
  
• As necessary make referrals to community agencies.
  
  
• Provide Spanish Speaker to assist Hispanic families with registration and referrals.

The Educational Rights of Homeless Children and Youth

The McKinney-Vento Act Definition of Homeless

M. Lon Roberts, III, MA, SSW
Homeless Advocate
LRoberts4@escambia.k12.fl.us
Cell (850) 255-5583

For Spanish call
(850) 255-5580
(850) 255-5581