McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Youth Program
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Youth Program provides children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, adequate nighttime residence equal access to public education. Students qualifying for McKinney-Vento services include individuals who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or campgrounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals. Migratory children living in the above circumstances also qualify for McKinney-Vento services. Unaccompanied Youth are defined as children or youth who meet the definition of homeless not residing in the physical custody of a parent or guardian.
