Family & Student Support Services

McKinney-Vento

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act

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The McKinney-Vento Education Assistance Act is a federal law that provides services to families and unaccompanied youth that live in a temporary situation due to loss of housing.

Eligibility for services

• Living in shared housing due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason.
• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, cars, substandard housing, abandoned buildings, and/or campgrounds
• Living in emergency or transitional shelters
• Being an unaccompanied youth (not living with a parent or guardian) living in a temporary situation
• Being a migratory child who is living in any of the above circumstance

Parent and Student Educational Rights 

• Immediate enrollment
• Removal of barriers to school enrollment
• School selection
• Transportation assistance (school bus)
• Immediate eligibility for free child nutrition

Please call Jeannie TenCate at 325-945-3101 for further information.