McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act exists to ensure
students experiencing homelessness have immediate and equal access to
public education.
The term “homeless children and youth”, as defined by the
McKinney-Vento Assistance Act, are individuals who lack a fixed, regular,
and adequate nighttime residence. This includes -
- youth that are temporarily sharing a residence with a family or
individual at any time during the school year due to the loss of
housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason. - youth that are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping
grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate
accommodation. - youth that are living in substandard housing or abandoned
buildings that are not deemed to be “fixed, regular and
adequate nighttime residences.” - youth that are living in shelters or transitional housing that
includes emergency shelters, family shelters, domestic violence
shelters, youth shelters, and transitional housing programs.
Students that are McKinney-Vento eligible by the above criteria will
receive free school meals. Other assistance is available as needed. For
more information, contact Buddie Groom at [email protected].