Congress reauthorized in January of 2002 the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Subtitle VII-B, originally passed in 1987 to help people experiencing homelessness. This federal law includes the Education of Homeless Children and Youth Program that entitles children who are homeless to a free, appropriate public education and requires schools to remove barriers to their enrollment, attendance, and success in school. This Act protects all students who do not have a fixed, regular and adequate residence, such as students living in the following situations:
- doubled-up housing with other families or friends due to hardship;
- runaway/homeless youth shelters (even if parents invite the youth home); hotels or motels
- shelters, including domestic violence shelters;
- transitional housing shelters;
- cars, abandoned building parks, the streets or other public spaces;
- campgrounds or inadequate trailer homes;
- and/or abandoned in a hospital.
State Coordinator - Lisa Phillips
Phone - 336-315-7491
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