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2024-2025 Project UP-START Information
See. Mrs. Torossian for more information.
The Project UP-START Program assists with the identification, enrollment, attendance, and academic support of students who are living in unstable housing in Miami-Dade. A student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence qualifies for Project UP-START. Project UP-START services are available to students enrolled in Miami-Dade County Public Schools from Head Start through 12th grade who are experiencing unstable housing. Any student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, as defined by the Stewart B. McKinney-Bruce Vento Homeless Assistance Act, qualifies for Project UP-START.
A student who is residing in the following circumstances qualifies for Project UP-START:
• Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason, also known as “doubled-up;” • Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; • Living in emergency or transitional shelters; or • Living in a car, park, public space, abandoned building, substandard housing, train station, or other public or private place that is not designed for ordinary use as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
If your family is experiencing unstable housing conditions based on any of the categories above, please complete the Project UP-START Student Eligibility Questionnaire (FM-7378) below and electronically submit it to the Project UP-START Program or provide the completed form to your child’s school.
Digital Form 7378
2024-2025 Project UP-START Information
See. Mrs. Torossian for more information.
The Project UP-START Program assists with the identification, enrollment, attendance, and academic support of students who are living in unstable housing in Miami-Dade. A student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence qualifies for Project UP-START. Project UP-START services are available to students enrolled in Miami-Dade County Public Schools from Head Start through 12th grade who are experiencing unstable housing. Any student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, as defined by the Stewart B. McKinney-Bruce Vento Homeless Assistance Act, qualifies for Project UP-START.A student who is residing in the following circumstances qualifies for Project UP-START:
• Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason, also known as “doubled-up;
” • Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
• Living in emergency or transitional shelters; or
• Living in a car, park, public space, abandoned building, substandard housing, train station, or other public or private place that is not designed for ordinary use as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
If your family is experiencing unstable housing conditions based on any of the categories above, please complete the Project UP-START Student Eligibility Questionnaire (FM-7378) below and electronically submit it to the Project UP-START Program or provide the completed form to your child’s school.
Digital Form 7378