Who Qualifies for McKinney-Vento?

An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including children and youth who are:

• Sharing housing due to loss of housing or economic hardship.
• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate housing.
• Living in emergency or transitional housing.
• Abandoned in hospitals.
• Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, or bus or train stations.
• Children and youth who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, regular sleeping accommodations.
• Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in the circumstances described above.

For more information:

Contact:

Julie Simpson

McKinney-Vento Liaison

Elkin City Schools

(336) 835-3135, Ext. 1239

[email protected]

or 

Lisa Phillips

State Coordinator for McKinney-Vento

[email protected]