Homeless Education - TITLE VII,
Part B

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Act

(Section 725) defines "homeless children and youth" (school age and younger) as:

• Children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including children and youth who are:
• Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;
• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, cars, public places, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, camping grounds or similar settings due to the lack of alternative accommodations;
• Living in emergency or transitional shelters; abandoned in hospitals; or awaiting foster placement.
• Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above.
• Unaccompanied youth, including any youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian, such as runaways; throwaways, and school-age unwed mothers,living in homes for unwed mothers, who have no other housing available.

Resources

The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY)

USOE Contact

max.lang [at] schools [dot] utah [dot] gov(Max Lang)
PO Box 144200
250 East 500 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200
Phone: (801) 538-7725