Services

Services

How to Access Services

Most students access our services through their school, a shelter or community agency, where they fill out our Referral Paperwork. Families can also call our office directly at (734) 994-8100, x 1518 during Monday - Thursday, 9am - 4pm. 

To fill out Referral Paperwork online please click here: Education Project Referral

Our paperwork is meant to enhance services and our understanding of a student's needs. It cannot be used as a barrier to school enrollment or other rights under McKinney-Vento.

Available Services

Advocacy

• Conduct training for school and community agency staff regarding McKinney-Vento.
• Assist with McKinney-Vento eligibility questions, immediate school enrollment or difficulties in securing transportation to the school of origin.
• Promote needs and rights of students experiencing homelessness within community.

Transportation

• Provide funding and coordination for stop-gap transportation.
• Offer creative solutions to transportation challenges such as rides to and from after-school tutoring and parent-teacher conferences.

School Supplies

• Distribute school supplies, including backpacks, notebooks, folders, pens, pencil and calculators.
• Necessities, including personal hygiene items such as deodorant, shampoo, soap, etc.

Clothing

• Provide socks, underwear
• Provide coats, hats and gloves (as supplies last).
• Provide clothing through referrals through area thrift shops.

Education-Related Financial Assistance

• Assist students with school-related financial needs that cannot be met in other ways, such as fees for credit recovery, graduation, extra-curricular activities, field trips and summer school courses.

Post-Secondary Support

• Help unaccompanied youth fill out their Federal Financial Aid form and college applications.

Early Childhood

• Connect families with children 0-3 with Early On services: www.1800EarlyOn.org.
• For quality free preschool programs visit www.washtenawpreschool.org.
• Partner with Child Care Network and Ann Arbor Rec & Ed to connect families with scholarships for quality, licensed childcare.

Housing Crisis

• Connect families to Housing Access of Washtenaw County (HAWC).
• Help families access emergency assistance.

Outreach

• Work to reconnect students who have dropped out of school with an educational option that best meets their needs.

Other Referrals

• EPHY makes referrals to meet an array of needs, including medical, counseling, emergency food, household goods and personal items.