McKinney Vento-Homeless

The McKinney-Vento Act provides rights and services to children and youth experiencing homelessness...

This includes those who are:

• Sharing the housing of others due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason
• Staying in motels, trailer parks, or camp grounds due to the lack of an adequate alternative
• Staying in shelters or transitional housing; or sleeping in cars, parks, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, or similar settings.

Training opportunities and technical assistance is provided in conjunction with the Texas Education for Homeless Children and Youth (TEHCY) Program as required in ESC Title I, Part A Federal Application and through input solicited from Region 12 LEAs to determine needs for ongoing federal requirements.

Services include:

• Technical assistance through ESC Homeless Liaison
• Ongoing dissemination of federal homeless program 
  information
• Homeless Liaison training and support
• Federal Program network meetings (2 per year minimum) 
• ESSA Initial Compliance review indicators as they pertain to homeless students
• Networking opportunities for Title I principals, administrators, homeless liaisons, counselors and PEIMS personnel 
• Technical assistance for federal and state compliance