The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (per Title IX, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by Every Student Succeeds Act) defines homeless as foster Children and youth, who lack a “fixed, regular and adequate” nighttime address or living under the following conditions:

• Doubled Up or Tripled Up
• Motels, Hotels, or weekly rate housing
• Trailer parks or camping grounds 
• Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings
• Living in emergency or transitional shelters 
• Runaway or pushed-out youth or migratory children

Under this legislation, a student is guaranteed enrollment in school, as well as, the opportunity to benefit from a variety of services to help meet educational needs. Services may include the following based on need and supply availability:

• Remain in their school of origin
• Transportation to school of origin 
• Immediate enrollment in their local comprehensive public school regardless if they do not have all required documentation. 
• Enroll in school, even without proof of TDAP immunization. 
• Enroll in the same or equivalent classes as those they took at their old school, even if transferring mid semester. 
• Equal participation in extracurricular activities regardless of try-ots or sign-up deadlines. 
• Priority placement into before and after school programs. 
• Backpacks and school supplies upon request
• Free and reduced lunch program at school
• Assistance in finding health, welfare and other county resources