School Help for Students Without Stable Housing in Wyomissing
Wyomissing Area School District has a homeless liaison, Abigail Houck, who is the staff contact for students who do not have stable housing and for the parents, guardians and caregivers helping them. Reach her at 610.374.0739 ext. 1109.
The district follows the Pennsylvania Education for Homeless Children and Youth State Plan, which defines homeless children as "children living with a parent in a domestic violence shelter; runaway children and children, and youth who have been abandoned or forced out of their home by parents or other caretakers; and school-aged parents living in houses for school-aged parents if they have no other available living accommodations."
Under the McKinney-Vento Act, each child of a homeless individual and each homeless youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as other children and youths. A big part of that is staying in the same school. The district must presume that keeping a homeless child or youth in the school of origin is in that student's best interest, unless that is contrary to what the parent or guardian asks for, or what an unaccompanied youth asks for. The district must weigh student-centered factors related to the student's best interest, giving priority to the request of the parent or guardian, or of an unaccompanied youth. If the district decides the school of origin, or the school the family or unaccompanied youth asked for, is not in the student's best interest, it must give a written explanation of its reasons in a manner and form that is understandable. The school of origin means the school the child or youth attended when permanently housed, or the school in which the child or youth was last enrolled.
For more information, contact Abigail Houck, WASD Homeless Liaison, at 610.374.0739 ext. 1109. The district office is at 630 Evans Avenue, Wyomissing, PA 19610, and its general number is 610-374-0739.
Two other organizations are listed as resources for families facing homelessness: Berks Coalition to End Homelessness and Family Promise. The page does not list office hours for the liaison, describe a form to fill out, or say what steps follow after you get in touch.
Source: wyoarea.org/youth-homelessness-mckinney-vento-a, read September 21, 2026.
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Under the Pennsylvania Education for Homeless Children and Youth State Plan, homeless children are defined as “children living with a parent in a domestic violence shelter; runaway children and children, and youth who have been abandoned or forced out of their home by parents or other caretakers; and school-aged parents living in houses for school-aged parents if they have no other available living accommodations.” The McKinney-Vento Act states that it is the policy of Congress that state…
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