Community Coordinator - Students in Temporary ; STH) Coordinator AAAAA; Citywide

• Posted Date:
  Sep 29, 2026 Deadline:
  Oct 30, 2026

The New York City Public Schools (NYCPS) is the largest in the country, composed of approximately 1 million students and 75,000+ teachers in over 1,600 schools. Each year there are over 100,000 students who are homeless and placed in temporary housing, including those living doubled up, or in shelter and domestic violence safe housing or residing in foster care. Research indicates that students in temporary housing and in foster care face unique academic challenges and are more likely to be chronically absent than their housed peers.

Reporting to the school principal, the STH Community Coordinator will identify and facilitate support to students in temporary housing and foster care alongside team members inside the school, such as social work and guidance staff, attendance team members, health and mental health providers, teachers, school safety officers, and other personnel. The coordinator will interact with the Office of Students in Temporary Housing and Foster Care for STH/FC specific resources and guidance.

Coordinators will also interact with other NYCPS offices and City agency partners, including the NYCPS Office of Pupil Transportation, shelter staff, Borough/Central Offices, and other City agencies.

The STH Community Coordinator will be an integral part of a citywide team that facilitates and monitors services provided in shelters and schools, ensuring consistent adherence to NYCPS’s polices and federal laws and regulations regarding Students in Temporary Housing including compliance with the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and Chancellor’s Regulation A-780. As such the STH Community Coordinator placement is considered a citywide position and placement is subject to an annual review of student enrollment data and demonstrated need.

Performs related work.

Reports to:

School Principal

Direct Reports: N/A

Key Relationships:
School principal and school leadership, school health, mental health and attendance team members, STH Regional Manager, colleagues in the Department of Homeless Services, Human Resources Administration, Administration for Children’s Services, and other agencies, Office of Pupil Transportation staff, Office of School Health, Foster Care Coordinators, and community based organization (CBO) partners.

• Serve as a liaison for families and students with shelter based staff, foster care agencies, school administrators, guidance counselor(s), attendance teacher(s), the Office of Pupil Transportation, and other support personnel, facilitating referral to school and shelter based supports (e.g., access to public benefits, attendance improvement and academic achievement, mental health supports, and other needed services).
• Collect, organize, and synthesize information on assets and needs of the school and its students affected by homelessness and foster care. Using this information, participate, but not lead, in the school-based Pupil Personnel Team and Attendance Team meetings to help identify students at risk or living with homelessness or in foster care to coordinate tailored, culturally relevant, trauma informed strategies and supports.
• Resolve escalated student or family challenges, particularly regarding student transportation, school placement and registration, mid-year transfers, documentation of housing status, and other related issues.
• Conduct shelter or home site visits with families to share information about important services and support and ensure that basic necessities (e.g., school material, transportation and supplementary educational services) are readily available, as…