Texas Education for Homeless Children and Youth

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

The McKinney-Vento Act’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program is the federal program that removes barriers to education for children and youth experiencing homelessness. McKinney-Vento Definition of Homeless: means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. This includes:

• 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
• children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as 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;
• migratory children

Resources

• The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY)
• Texas Network of Youth Services
• National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE)
• FindHelp.org
• Foundation Communities
• 2-1-1 Texas

McKinney-Vento Liaison Resources

• Sample Student Residence Questionnaire (PDF)
• Sample Intake Form (PDF)
• Immunization Flow Chart (PDF)
• Sample Transportation Letter (PDF)
• Sample FAFSA Verification Form (PDF)
• Dispute Resolution (PDF)
• TECHY Discipline Toolkit

TEHCY Infographic

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TEA TEHCY Program contacts