Project Connection
A newsletter for families in a housing transition
OCTOBER 2021
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Authorized under Federal law through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act, the Columbus City Schools’ Project Connect Program provides services to ensure that identified children and youth experiencing homelessness, including those living with others or in hotels/motels due to economic hardship or emergency, have access to a free and appropriate public education by removing barriers due to homelessness. As advocates for educational rights, there are various services the program provides to assist families in transition.
WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU!!!
PROJECT CONNECT
- Parents and students may call the Project Connect Office at 614-365-5140
- Email: ProjectConnect@columbus.k12.oh.us
- Contact a Project Connect Region Representative/Youth Academic Advocate assigned to your child’s school. Click on the Contact Us tab for a list of Project Connect Staff.
SHOES...SHOES...SHOES
Do you know of a student in need of shoes? Project Connect has shoes for students being served by the program. Shoe sizes and styles are limited. Please reach out to a Regional Advocate or call the Project Connect Office at 614-365-5140 for questions and qualifications.
We Want To Stay In Touch With You!
Please make sure to speak with your student(s) school when your student will be absent. This is important for many reasons, including to prevent an unnecessary withdrawal from the District.
- School districts are required to keep an attendance record for each student.
- When a student does not attend school regularly AND the district loses all contact with the student and family for a period of time, the district begins a process to try to locate the student.
- There are specific steps the district takes to try to re-engage a student in school.
- However, if the district is not able to make contact with the student or family, the district will withdraw the student. We want to prevent that.
Please help us, help you stay successful in school.
Project Connect Staff Spotlight
Shakita Moorer, MPA, Ed.S. - Youth Academic Advocate
My name is Shakita Moorer and I am proud to be a part of the Project Connect staff, hailing from Akron, OH (the home of Lebron James might I add)!!! I serve students and families in transition in Region 2 (primarily the east side of Columbus). I have been with Columbus City Schools' Project Connect Program since Nov. of 2020. I am the proud mother of two teenage sons and a Newfoundland Puppy named Ramiyah. I am currently in school pursuing my PhD in Higher Education Administration at Kent State. In a former life I taught as an Adjunct at Kent State and teaching is a passion of mine. In saying that, I will share a poem I wrote about why teaching is my thing!
What is your thing? Why do you do what you do? What is your passion?
We would love to hear about it. Please submit your poem, picture or other artistic expression highlighting why you do what you do to smoorer@columbus.k12.oh.us. Submissions may be featured in the November newsletter.
Shakita Moorer
Youth Academic Advocate - Region #2
Email: smoorer@columbus.k12.oh.us
Office: 380-997-7399
Mobile: 614-830-9356
Email: ProjectConnect@columbus.k12.oh.us
Website: https://www.ccsoh.us/
Location: 430 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, OH, USA
Phone: 614-365-5140
Facebook: facebook.com/ColumbusCitySchools
Twitter: @ColsCitySchools
CCS - Project Connect
Columbus City School's Project Connect Program is housed under the Department of Student Services to serve students and families experiencing barriers to housing while ensuring academic success is maintained.
Columbus City Schools Parent Portal
Need to update your address, request a school change or check the status of a bus route....all of this and more can be done via the Parent Portal. Your one-stop shop to ensure your student's educational needs are met.
Infinite Campus (Student and Parent Portal) / CCS Parent Portal
Columbus Metropolitan Library - School Help Centers
How can the Project Connect Program help?
Who may qualify for the Project Connect Program?
How do families access Project Connect services through CCS?