McKinney-Vento Resources

NC Homeless Education Program

WHO ARE HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS?

WHO ARE HOMELESS
CHILDREN AND YOUTHS?

Homeless children and youths are individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including:
  • 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; are abandoned in hospitals;
  • 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 beings;
  • children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
  • migratory children who qualify as homeless because the children are living in circumstances described above.

EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND
YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

Children and youth experiencing homelessness have the right to:

Federal Definition: An unaccompanied homeless youth is a youth who meets the definitions of unaccompanied youth and homeless included in the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 USC §§11431-11435, 2001; hereafter referred to as The McKinney-Vento Act). The Act defines unaccompanied youth as, “a youth not in the physical custody of a parent Supporting the Education of Unaccompanied Homeless Students 2 or guardian” (42 USC §11434a(6), 2001).

This means that the youth is not living with a parent or guardian, and includes youth who are residing with a caregiver who does not have legal guardianship and youth who are living on their own.

NC McKinney-Vento Data

McKinney-Vento
Contact Information:

ARS McKinney-Vento Liaison:

Tai McMiller School Counselor
704-924-8870 x117 (Elementary School Campus)
704-878-6009 x314 (Middle School Campus)

You may call us direct or feel free to complete the contact us form here.

State Coordinator McKinney-Vento:
Lisa Phillips
336-315-7491
Unaccompanied Homeless Youth

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