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McKinney-Vento Homeless Act

42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2)

The term “homeless children and youth”—

A. means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence…; and

B. includes —

i. children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals;

ii. children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human being;

iii. children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and

iv. migratory children…who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii).

 

LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE
HOMELESS LIAISON TRAINING
FORMS
UNACCOMPANIED HOMELESS YOUTH
TOOLKIT
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
RESOURCES
TIERED MONITORING
GRANT INFORMATION
DATA
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
INFORMATIONAL WEBSITES

Contact Information

Tera Bock - Director of Homeless Education 

Mary Werner - Assistant Director

Homeless Liaisons (Updated 08/2025)​