McKinney-Vento

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Education Program

Who are homeless children and youth?  Children and youth that lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

This includes children and youth who:

• Share housing with other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason
• Live in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations
• Live in emergency or transitional shelters
• Are abandoned in hospitals
• Are awaiting foster care placement
• Have a primary nighttime residence that is not designed for, or ordinarily uses as, a regular sleeping accommodation
• Live in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings
• Are migratory children living in the aforementioned circumstances
• Are unaccompanied youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian

Educational Rights of Homeless Youth and Children

• Go to school, no matter where they live or how long they have lived there
• Attend the school they last attended prior to losing housing (when distance is reasonable)
• Enroll in school immediately, without proof of residency, immunizations, school records, or other documents
• Receive transportation to their school of origin
• Be free from harassment and isolation

For questions regarding the McKinney-Vento program (homeless) please contact Tabatha Miller at 970-302-4215, tabatha.miller@weldre5j.org Chanin Gaona at 970-373-4870, chanin.gaona@weldre5j.org.