HOMELESS INFORMATION (MCKINNEY-VENTO)

WHO IS HOMELESS?

Homeless students are those who lack a fixed, regular, adequate nighttime residence. This includes students who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship or similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or campgrounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals.

The definition includes migratory students who live in the aforementioned situations. Beginning Dec. 10, 2016, “those awaiting foster care placement” are not included in the definition. 

Homeless Students' Rights

IDOE's McKinney-Vento: Homeless Children & Youth Program

Contact Information

BPS McKinney-Vento Liaison
Dr. Jim White
jwhite@bps.k12.in.us
574-546-3929

IDOE State Coordinator
Flora Jones
Director of Student Pathways & Opportunities and Charie Gibson
Homeless Education Specialist
317-232-0957
McKinneyVentoPOC@doe.in.gov