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The Homeless tool records basic homeless information as well as district-defined fields. The list of homeless records is sorted by Start Date.
Wisconsin has defined unique fields that are specific to Wisconsin. Further information on these fields is described below. For information on all other fields, please see the Homeless article.
Homeless records may NOT overlap. Be sureStart and End Dates do NOT overlap.
Wisconsin Homeless Editor
Primary Night Time Residence
Homeless Primary Nighttime Residence Type denotes the kind of impermanent housing, or lack of housing, where the homeless student stays at night. This value is a required field for homeless children and youth as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
Code
Description
Definition
00
Previously Homeless/Not Homeless (Does NOT send to state)
Student's Primary Night Time Residence has yet to be determined. Student's record is excluded from state reporting until this value is known.
01
Shelters and transitional housing
Temporary accommodation for homeless individuals and families, as a step to permanent housing. Residents of transitional housing are considered homeless until they move into permanent housing. Transitional housing programs may last up to 24 months, provide housing in addition to wraparound services, and typically require participants to pay a portion of their housing costs based on a sliding scale.
02
Doubled-up
This means sharing the housing of other persons due to economic hardship, loss of housing, or similar reasons.
03
Hotels/Motel
Children, youth, and unaccompanied youth who are temporarily living in hotels and motels
04
Unsheltered
Children, youth, or unaccompanied youth who live in abandoned buildings or apartments, bus and train stations, campgrounds, cars, parks, public spaces, trailer parks, children abandoned in hospitals, and children and youth who live in **substandard or inadequate housing. Unsheltered includes children and youth who are living in substandard or inadequate housing, including trailer homes that are "inadequate." These housing situations do not easily fit into any category and are judged on a case-by-case basis by the district homeless liaison.
Users may not save a Homeless record for a student if the Primary Night Time Residence is not populated. If a student's Night Time Residence is currently unknown, select 00: Unknown - do not send record to WISE. This allows the user to create a record for the student while the residence status is pending.
Homeless Unaccompanied Youth states whether or not homeless children or youth are in physical custody of a parent or legal guardian. This value is a required field for homeless children and youth as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.
Wisconsin Homeless Editor