Homeless Children

This pamphlet, available in English and Spanish, explains the rights of homeless preschoolers, children and youth to an education in Massachusetts.

MA DESE web page for the Office for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth. Advisories, policies, priorities and resources related to McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance federal grant, to facilitate the enrollment, attendance, and well being of homeless children and youth in school.…

The Massachusetts Department of Education included a housing question for the first time in the 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.  The Department of Elementary and Sectondary Information publishes summary data about homeless students in Massachusetts.  As of March 2014, the following…

List of Homeless Liaisons by district.  Click the "Go to Website" link below to access the directory from DESE's website.  Select "people search" from the left column, then Homeless Liaison from the function field. Homeless liaisons have the responsibility…

What is the McKinney-Vento Act? The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (“Act”), 42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq., is a federal law that is designed to ensure that homeless children and youth have the same access as other children to public education, including public preschool…

The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) is a federally funded information and technical assistance center at SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). NCHE hosts the Homeless Education Listserv to help administrators, educators, advocates, and service…

Rights of homeless special education student. Assigning residency and responsibility for placement cost.

Thank you for contacting me regarding whether students living in transitional housing programs are considered homeless under Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Act. As I explain below, students living in transitional housing are considered homeless under Subtitle VII-B. As you know, the…