Mckinney-Vento (Homeless)

Welcome to our Homeless Education informational page. 

 

In January of 2002, Congress authorized the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to help people experiencing homelessness. The McKinney-Vento Act was reauthorized in December of 2015 and implemented in November of 2016. The federal law includes the Education of Homeless Children and Youth Program that entitles children who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence to a free, appropriate education and requires schools to remove barriers to their enrollment, attendance and success in school. The McKinney-Vento Program meets the needs of students in transition who are attending Mount Airy City Schools by addressing academic challenges and family issues affecting their success in school.

 

Reauthorized Dec. 2015 - Example living situations that may qualify include, but are not limited to:

• Doubled-up Housing - Living with a friend, relative or other person/family due to loss of housing

• Staying in a motel or hotel due to loss of housing or fleeing domestic violence

• Living in an emergency shelter, transitional housing or domestic violence shelter

• Living in a car, park or public place, abandoned building or bus station

• Living in a campground or an inadequate trailer home

• Living in a runaway or homeless youth shelter (even if their families want them to come home) or

• Abandoned in a hospital

 

Youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian and lacking a fixed, regular and adequate residence are referred to as unaccompanied homeless youth. Youth who run away are also eligible for services even if the parent/guardian/caregiver wishes the student to return home. Runaway youth and unaccompanied homeless youth are eligible to be enrolled immediately without a legal guardian. Under the McKinney-Vento Program, there is no age limit for an unaccompanied homeless or runaway youth as long as the student is eligible for K-12 public education in North Carolina. Schools must immediately alert the District McKinney-Vento Liaison if presented with a possible runaway or unaccompanied homeless youth.

 

The provisions of the Federal McKinney-Vento Act supersede any state law or local policy that may conflict with this act.

 

Requesting Services

 

Services provided include immediate enrollment, school selection promoting stability, nutrition and academic support. McKinney-Vento services are provided for the duration of a school year and do not automatically renew.  To obtain more information about services provided and how to access services, please contact the School Counselor or Administrators at the school where your child would attend.

 

 

 MACS McKinney-Vento Liaison Contact: Antonia Cawley, School Social Worker, (336) 789-9021

 

Lisa Phillips - State Coordinator NC Homeless Education Program Office: (336) 315-7491

 

NC Homeless Education Webpage:

 

Historical Data:

Total for MACS:  53

 

2021-2022

 

2020-2021