Homeless Services and Attendance Liaison

Homeless Services and Attendance Support Liaison (2026‑2027 School Year)

• Monitors and maintains mandated compliance documentation for McKinney‑Vento.
• Understands and is knowledgeable of the McKinney‑Vento Act.
• Compiles a variety of forms, reports, documentation, and records from various sources for McKinney‑Vento.
• Assists in the accurate identification and monitoring of students participating in McKinney‑Vento.
• Assists with End‑of‑Year reports and Best Interest Meetings.
• Confer with guardians/parents periodically to involve families in educational plans for their children.
• Provide and maintain files of homeless students.
• Ensure homeless students have full and equal opportunity to succeed in the district’s schools and monitor their progress throughout the school year.
• Communicate to all school district residents what services and resources are available for people in a homeless situation.
• Maintain a data collection system, recording all interactions with homeless students/families and tracking changes to living or transportation needs.
• Ensure parents/guardians and unaccompanied youth are fully informed of all transportation services and are assisted in accessing them.
• Access the needs of homeless students/families through phone calls, school visits, and home visits.
• Order and distribute homeless posters, informational brochures, folders, and other materials to all district buildings and assess usage.
• Order clothing for homeless students and maintain a spreadsheet of clothing needs.
• Coordinate and support the District McKinney‑Vento Liaison in delivering services to homeless students.
• Receive and place calls to parents/guardians to provide resource information and troubleshoot transportation issues.
• Enter homeless students’ status and services in Infinite Campus.
• Keep files of McKinney‑Vento eligibility questionnaires from all schools.
• Assist the District McKinney‑Vento Liaison in distributing supplies that benefit children, youth and families.
• Investigate problems reported by the District McKinney‑Vento Liaison that impact immediate student enrollment.
• Collaborate with the District McKinney‑Vento Liaison to maintain the homeless database for direct services documentation and data collection.
• Ensure student attendance conforms to school standards and district policies.
• Work with community organizations that can positively impact student attendance.
• Maintain a caseload of students to routinely check attendance and academic progress.
• Serve as support for students transitioning from alternative programs.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Director of Student Services and the District McKinney‑Vento Liaison.

• Ability to make sound judgments, maintain confidentiality, and communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate flexibility, common sense, and good judgment.
• Keep abreast of all information pertinent to the job.
• Have basic computer knowledge.
• Be a team player, accept constructive criticism, and work well with others.
• Be highly organized, able to multitask, detail‑oriented, and self‑motivated.
• Have excellent memory and function well under stress.
• Demonstrate an extremely high regard for confidential and sensitive information.
• Manage time appropriately and follow district and school policies and procedures.

• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Director of Student Services and District McKinney‑Vento Liaison

Pass Para‑Pro Test or hold an Associate Degree or its equivalent or 60 college credits.

Minimum of a high school diploma or GED.

The Seaford School District is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination against any employee or applicant because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, marital or handicapped status in accordance with state and federal laws.

The State of Delaware does not discriminate against qualified persons with disabilities in its programs or services. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to contact the Human Resource and Public Information Office at (302) 629‑4587 with requests for auxiliary aid or service.