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Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2\" class=\"elementor elementor-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05c2b58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05c2b58\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9ef146\" data-id=\"f9ef146\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28962df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28962df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/homeless\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/ASSIST-Logo-Small-.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-980\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/homeless\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/ASSIST-Logo-Small-.png 575w, https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/homeless\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/ASSIST-Logo-Small--300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15ab19a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15ab19a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61022e4c\" data-id=\"61022e4c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c128e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60c128e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Every Child Has the Right to an Education<\/h2><p>The federal <strong>McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act<\/strong>, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), ensures that each homeless child and youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as other children and youth.<\/p><p>Homeless children and youth must have access to the educational and other services that they need to enable them to meet the same challenging State student academic achievement standards to which all students are held. In addition, homeless students may not be separated from the mainstream school environment based on homelessness alone.<\/p><p>Children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence are considered homeless. If, due to a loss of housing, a child must live in a shelter, motel, vehicle, or campground, on the street, in abandoned buildings, or doubled-up with relatives or friends, then he\/she is eligible to receive services provided under the McKinney-Vento Act.<\/p><h4>To contact Jacey Ramirez with ASSIST, please click the image below.\u00a0<\/h4><p><a href=\"mailto:Jacey.Ramirez@stjohns.k12.fl.us?subject=ASSIST%20Program%20Information%20Request&amp;body=Hello,%0D%0A%0D%0AI%20am%20contacting%20the%20ASSIST%20Program%20to%20request%20additional%20information.%0D%0A%0D%0AStudent%20Name:%20%0D%0ASchool:%20%0D%0AParent\/Guardian%20Name:%20%0D%0APhone%20Number:%20%0D%0AMessage:%20%0D%0A%0D%0AThank%20you.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-859\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/homeless\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2026\/06\/Jacey-Ramirez-2026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"859\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/wnPUfP4avDznuATUA\">2026 &#8211; 2027 Student Housing Questionnaire\u00a0 (SHQ)<\/a><\/h2><h5>\u00a0<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-026e30f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"026e30f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b3ce2b\" data-id=\"7b3ce2b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Child Has the Right to an Education The federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), ensures that each homeless child and youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as other children and youth. 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