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Fact: Vaccination prevents measles.

03/14/2025 NYC Healthy
Unvaccinated people are at risk of serious health complications, hospitalization and death from measles and other vaccine-preventable diseases: http://on.nyc.gov/measles
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All workers in NYC have rights.

03/14/2025 NYC Commission on Gender Equity
know your rights rights and protections for workers
 Learn about your rights in #NYC. - NYC Paid Safe & Sick Leave Law. - Minimum wage & hours. - File a workplace complaint. http://nyc.gov/workers http://linktr.ee/nycgenderequity
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Did you know you can listen to FREE jazz at NYC Parks recreation centers?

03/14/2025 NYC Parks
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 Join us this Friday at Constance Baker Motley Recreation Center in partnership with @JazzFoundation

Learn more: https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2025/03/14/concert-ghanniyya-green1

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Spring is in the air!

03/13/2025 NYC Healthy
Spring is in the air!
 But unfortunately, so is pollen! If you or your child have asthma, make sure to talk to your health care provider about ways to prepare. Learn how to make an asthma action plan: http://on.nyc.gov/asthma
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Is your student interested in law?

03/13/2025 Brooklyn District Attorney

This Internship is for You! The @BrooklynDA is offering a paid summer internship for rising high school juniors & seniors in Brooklyn! Gain real-world experience, build your resume, and earn a $150 weekly stipend! Apply here: http://brooklynda.org/internships

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Students in Temporary Housing

03/12/2025 NYC Public Schools

A student who lives in any of the following situations is considered in temporary housing under the McKinney-Vento Act:

  • Doubled up (with friends or relatives because they cannot find or afford housing)
  • A shelter or transitional shelter,
  • A hotel/motel,
  • A car, bus or train,
  • A park or public place, or
  • An abandoned building

This includes unaccompanied youth who do not have a fixed, adequate, and regular nighttime residence. Unaccompanied youth are students not in the physical custody of their parent or legal guardian; this includes young people who

  • have run away from home,
  • have been kicked out of their homes, or
  • have been abandoned by parents.

There is no age limit for unaccompanied youth, but these students are most often in their teens.

Student Rights

Under the McKinney-Vento Act, and Chancellor's Regulation A-780, a student in temporary housing has the right to:

  • A free public education
  • To stay in their current school or choose to attend a zoned school
  • Not be denied immediate school enrollment because of their temporary housing status or they lack enrollment documentation
  • Transportation services to and from school
  • Continue to receive special education services regardless of school transfer Services comparable to those offered to other students

Complete the Housing Questionnaire and send it to your school to determine if your student is eligible to receive any of the support listed above.

Need help understanding your child's rights? Reach out to one of the contacts below:

  • Look at the Parent's Guide to McKinney Vento Act (Open external link)for more information (translations included)
  • For questions about educational rights, call the NYS-TEACHS toll-free hotline at 800-388-2014 or reach out to the DOE staff at your shelter facility
  • For questions about special education services, call the Special Ed Hotline at 718-935-2007
  • For questions about unaccompanied youth services, call DYCD Connect at 1-800-246-4646 or dial 311.

School Enrollment & Transfers

When choosing a school for your child, you can choose (based on seat availability):

  • The last school your child was enrolled in; or
  • Any school available to a child who lives in the same area

Students in temporary housing are not required to submit documentation (including address, proof of date of birth, and immunization records) in order to participate in any admission process or enroll in school. 

If your child will be attending the same school, complete the Housing Questionnaire and send to your school to notify them of the change in address and housing status.

If your child is currently not enrolled in school, or you want to change your child's school, follow the instructions below based on what grade they are in.

 

 

 

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SNAP Benefits

03/10/2025 NYC Healthy
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New Yorkers who use SNAP benefits can get free fruits and vegetables at certain NYC supermarkets! For every dollar spent using SNAP/EBT on eligible produce, get a matching dollar to use for your next purchase. Find a participating supermarket: http://on.nyc.gov/44rSLW8
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Calling all NYCHA Residents!

03/10/2025 NYCHA
Have a sustainability project in mind? Get up to $5,000 through the Resident Climate Action Grant to make it happen! Apply by: March 23 Info Session: March 13 Learn more: http://communityfund.nyc/climate-action #Sustainability #NYCHA
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Pay It Off is back!

03/10/2025 HRA
For 2 weeks, the NYC Office of Child Support Services will match payments of $500+ toward debt owed to DSS—doubling your debt reduction! Bonus: Pay full judgment & erase all interest! Don’t miss out on this opportunity! Go to: http://nyc.gov/payitoff
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Summer Rising applications are live!

03/07/2025 DYCD

We are teaming up with @NYCSchools for a FREE summer program for all NYC students in grades K-8! Applications are open now until March 28, 2025! For more info, visit http://nyc.gov/summerrising

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