Welcome Center & Homeless Resources
Students Experiencing Homelessness
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act helps students stay enrolled in school during times of housing instability which can impact their education. McKinney-Vento protections apply to all public school students, Pre-K through grade 12, who “lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence,” including children and youth:
Sharing housing due to loss of housing or economic hardship
Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or campgrounds due to lack of alternative adequate housing
Living in emergency or transitional housing
Abandoned in a hospital
Having a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, regular sleeping accommodations
Living in a car, park, public space, abandoned building, substandard housing, bus or train station, or similar setting
Migratory students meeting the descriptions above
Enrollment & Transportation:
Students may remain enrolled in the schools they have been attending even if they are temporarily staying out of the district but also have the right to enroll in their new school of residence.
Enrollment should be immediate, even if families cannot provide typically required documents or immunization records right away.
Schools must provide transportation for students who need it to attend school.
If you believe that you or your child is experiencing homelessness, please inform the person registering you, or our designated McKinney-Vento Liaison listed above.