McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Website

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Information

McKinney-Vento: Homeless Children and Youth Program: 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.

District liaison for Options Schools:

- Matthew Petersen (mpetersen@optionsined.org)

Indiana Department of Education

McKinney-Vento: Homeless Children & Youth Program website
Homeless students’ rights (PDF)
State Coordinators:
- Flora Jones, Director of Student Pathways & Opportunities (McKinneyVentoPOC@doe.in.gov | 317-232-0957)
- Charie Gibson, Homeless Education Specialist (McKinneyVentoPOC@doe.in.gov | 317-232-0957)

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