Student Residency Questionnaire

When families and students find themselves in transition due to their housing situation, it is important that they know what supports are available to help their child find stability. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act was created with the goal of ensuring the enrollment, attendance, and success of homeless children and youth in school.

According to the U.S. Department of Education (McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Title VII, Subtitle B, Section 725(2), people living in the following situations are considered eligible for services under McKinney-Vento:

• Children and youths who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence;
• Children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons (“Doubled Up”) 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 adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals;
• 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 because the children are living in circumstances described above.

The McKinney-Vento Act provides certain rights for homeless students and those students whose living situations change due to hardship. This includes waiving certain requirements when students are enrolling and allowing eligibility for certain services, such as free school lunches or bus passes.

​In order to determine if your student is eligible to receive additional services under the McKinney-Vento Act, please complete the Residency Questionnaire on the reverse side of this document and return to your school office by Friday, November 18, 2016. Please know that this information will be kept confidential and will only be used to determine eligibility for services.

Click on the links below to download Residency Questionnaire
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