Who is considered eligible for the Homeless Education Program's (McKinney-Vento) assistance and services?
Any child or youth, including migrant and unaccompanied youth, who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence is considered homeless and McKinney-Vento eligible for assistance and services. This includes children and youth who are temporarily sharing housing with others due to loss of housing or economic hardship, those who are living in hotels, camping grounds, emergency shelters, cars, bus or train stations, or other similar settings, transitional housing programs, and those awaiting foster care or are in temporary placements.
Who is homeless?
¿Quien se considera sin hogar?
If you have a student/child who may qualify for our Program's assistance and services or would like more information, please contact our Homeless Education Liaison:
Eligio Jimenez
Director of Mediation and Liaison Services
Toppenish School District
(509) 865-8182
McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act was authorized by Congress, December 2001, as part of the No Child Left Behind Legislation. The purpose of the McKinney-Vento Act is to remove barriers to education for homeless/transitional students and provide educational support and stability.
Education Rights of Children and Youth Who Qualify for Services & Assistence
Our schools provide equal and comparable access to all students regardless of their home living situation. McKinney-Vento eligible children and youth have specific rights that include:
Maintain attendance at the school of origin-current school for the remainder of the current school year (if this is in the child's best interest and feasible) or enroll in the neighborhood school where currently residing.
Transportation assistance if needed.
Eligible for FREE food services
Appropriate support services and programs for which they are eligible such as: Bilingual Education, Enrichment, Migrant Program, Special Education/Children with Disabilities, Preschool Programs, Vocational Education
Assistance obtaining needed records and documentation
Academic assistance through the district's federally funded Title I program: Special Programs - Programas Especiale
Parent or guardian involvement in school activities
