Homeless Children + Youth
Homeless Education Guidance and Student Rights
If you live in any of the following situations:
- Doubled up with family or friends due to loss of housing or economic hardship
- Motels or hotels for lack of other suitable housing
- Runaway and displaced children and youth--Unaccompanied Youth
- Homes for unwed or expectant mothers for lack of a place to live
- Homeless and domestic violence shelters
- Transitional housing programs
- The streets
- Abandoned buildings
- Public places not meant for housing
- Cars, trailers (not including mobile homes intended for permanent housing), and campgrounds
- Migratory children staying in housing not fit for habitation
You may qualify for certain rights and protections under the federal McKinney-Vento Act. Please see the resources available on this page, or contact Chad Martin, LCSC McKinney-Vento Liaison.
- Homeless students' rights
- IDOE state coordinators’ contact information: Flora Jones, Director of Student Pathways & Opportunities and Charlie Gibson, Homeless Education Specialist, 317-232-0957, McKinneyVentoPOC@doe.in.gov
- IDOE's McKinney-Vento: Homeless Children & Youth Program website
- Indiana resources
- Federal resources
Resources
Questions?
Chad Martin
McKinney-Vento Liaison
765-482-0380 ext. 31812