With the introduction of the Pre-Screened Host Family process in Global Link, please note that we have eliminated the “Support” Applied OA Type/Interested in OA Type and “Support” Placement Type. Any families that you would like to be designated as support/emergency families prior to a student being linked should be assigned as Pre-Screened families. This will alert staff that this family should be screened ahead of time to be ready to take in a student as needed.

A Pre-Screened family can be accepted without being linked to a student, allowing them to be approved and ready to host in the event of an urgent, unexpected move, provided no double placement/single parent consent and/or new school placement are/is required. For more information on Pre-Screened families and how to locate those that are ready to host, please see this article on Help & Learning. We encourage you to work with your TDS to identify several Pre-Screened families in your team and help ensure that all student moves are compliant.