• Assist client with obtaining vital documentation: social security cards, birth certificate, driver’s license, state ID
• Connect individuals/families with housing resources:
  • housing vouchers
  • housing applications for subsidized or fair market rate housing
  • rental assistance programs
• Help individuals and families navigate through eviction processes
  • Facilitate conversations between landlord and client
  • Coach client on skills to advocate for self in communications with landlord
  • Provide information and resources on tenant rights to clients
  • Connected to emergency resources and services
  • Emergency Housing
    • Assist with intake process into shelter program
    • Connect youth to host home programs
  • Address basic needs, such as connecting to bedding and other essential housing resources
  • Connect to utility assist programs, such as LiHEAP, Emergency Rental Assistance Program, CAP agency programming
  • Develop short-term and long-term housing goals based on needs and challenges present
  • Alternative housing: develop safety plans with youth for when youth are in alternative living arrangements
  • Facilitate in reunification process to reconnect youth to natural supports where possible; mediate between parties

• Connect clients to applications for insurance programs like MaineCare
  • Help client with filling out, submitting, and maintaining status in MaineCare program
  • Sit down and do interviews with Department of Health and Human Services staff to go over Maine Care/SNAP applications with client
• Reach out to service providers to set up appointments, facilitate transportation to service providers for clients
• Help secure medication(s) for clients
• Advocate on behalf of unaccompanied minors to voice their needs and to effectively connect with service provider
• Facilitate connection and transportation to Planned Parenthood and other sexual health services
• Work with school nursing staff and school clinics with identifying, referring youth to outside services, and to follow through on care plan for youth
• Refer children to mental health case managers, make relevant referrals to outside providers
• Make referrals to substance abuse providers
• Obtaining authorized representation forms to speak directly with service providers on behalf of youth
• Connect youth to personal care items

• Connecting and Transporting clients to hospitals
  • When client is in crisis, transport client to nearest crisis unit
  • Navigate hospital system on behalf of unaccompanied youth, connect with relevant medical staff and navigate paperwork with client
  • Follow up on discharge plans

• Connect client to job training opportunities
  • Help youth fill out job applications
  • Connect to resources that help with resume development, interviewing skills
• Connect client to job supportive job training programs like Goodwill Work Force, Vocational Rehabilitation
• Connect youth to extracurricular activities, identify challenges/barriers present to help youth overcome and access extracurricular activity
• Connect young adults to tax assistance
  • Assist youth in connect to IRS resources, like stimulus checks
  • Connect young adults and families to tax preparation assistance
• Assist youth with setting up a checking account
• Connect youth to driver education programming
• Maintain communication with outside providers, such as case managers, who work alongside youth

• Support students with full access to public schools
• Advocate for child to receive IEP services
• Attend IEP meetings to advocate for services and accommodations of youth
  • Attend 504 and/or wrap around meetings to identify needs of youth and connect them to support
• Help schools with identifying and referring students and families to relevant services as McKinney Vento status
• Assess strengths and needs of student to develop plan for how student can overcome barriers to access school programming
• Host school Planning: identify goals and needs of students to connect them to post school outcomes, and connect student to necessary resources/services, such as FAFSA, job training, or employment
• Connect students to school supplies; ensure the student has internet service connection to engage in school programming
• Connect youth to transportation services to go to and from school
• Communicate with school staff and administrators regarding evolving life circumstances that may impact school participation
• Be physically present in schools to make oneself accessible to students and staff
• Help students and families navigate school choice under McKinney-Vento Act

• Connect students to social security benefits, like survival or disability benefits
• Connect children with resources that train in financial literacy/budgeting

Legal:

• Connect youth who have interacted with criminal/civil justice systems to resources to navigate these complex systems:
  • Advocates
  • Lawyers
  • Juvenile probation
• Navigate court system to help obtain guardianship
• Notifying Child Protective Services as needed of cases where child is experiencing abuse or neglect; provide information around mandated reported to youth, natural supports, and service providers who work directly with youth

Immigration:

• Connect new Mainers to resources and services to address basic needs: clothing, phones, housing, food, medical care/insurance, wrap around services
• Navigate systems involved with immigration

At-Risk

• Engaging with students who are at risk of housing instability and support

Outreach

• Provide education around the McKinney-Vento Act to students and staff
  • Connect staff to essential resources through the Department of Education
• Establish partnerships with community partners to streamline referrals
• Provide education and training to community providers around laws around McKinney-Vento Act, rights or youth