McKinney-Vento
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act helps students who are homeless due to various reasons. The law requires immediate enrollment of these students and removal of any barriers to their full participation in the educational program. Schools can use funds to support these students’ regular attendance by providing assistance with clothing, transportation, health needs, academic records, tutoring, and fee waivers. The Homeless Liaison collaborates with community agencies to provide support to homeless students.
Ana Beltran
McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Liason
Office: (801)610-8567
Office Mobile: (801)899-5354
Definition & Signs of Homelessness
The term “homeless children and youth”—
means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence …; and
includes—
children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement;
children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings …
children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
migratory children who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (2.1) through (2.3).
