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McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Information
The Mckinney -Vento Act is a federal law passed to help families who are homeless keep their children in school.
Under the law, the term “homeless children and youth” means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, and can include the following situations:
· Living with a friend, relative, or someone else because they lost their home.
· Staying in a motel or hotel.
· Living in an emergency or transitional shelter or domestic violence shelter.
· Staying in substandard housing.
· Living in a car, park or public place, abandoned building or bus station.
· Living in a campground or an inadequate trailer home.
· Abandoned in a hospital.
· Living in a runaway or homeless shelter.
If you believe you qualify for services under the Mckinney-Vento Act, please contact
School Contact: Natalie Oransky: (828) 262-5411, natalie@tworiverscommunityschool.net
or
State Coordinator: Lisa Phillips: (337) 315-7491
Additional resources can be found at:
National Center for Homeless Education: https://hepnc.uncg.edu
US Department of Education Supporting Homeless Students website:
https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/supporting-homeless-students/index.html
National Coalition for the Homeless: