Homeless Resources

Homeless Children and Youth

McKinney Vento

 

The Lebanon School District supports the education of homeless youth as required by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 which defines the term homeless children and youth to mean individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

Who may be considered homeless?

Children or youth living in a shelter, transitional housing, motel, vehicle, campground, on the street or doubled up due to lack of housing.


 

Homeless students are defined as individuals lacking a fixed, regular and nighttime residence, which include students living under the following conditions:

  1. Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing or economic hardship.

  2. Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to lack of adequate alternative accommodations.

  3. Living in emergency, transitional, or domestic violence shelters.

  4. Abandoned in hospitals.

  5. Living in public or private places not designated for or ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodations for human beings.

  6. Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, transportation stations or similar settings.

  7. Living as migratory children in conditions described in previous examples.

  8. Living as run-away children.

  9. Being abandoned or forced out of homes by parents/guardians or caretakers.

  10. Living as school age unwed mothers in houses for unwed mothers if they have no other living accommodations

    


Unaccompanied youth is another category under McKinney Vento.  Unaccompanied Youth means a child or youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian. This includes youth who have run away from home; been abandoned or forced out of home by a parent, guardian, or other caretaker; or separated from a parent or guardian for any other reason.


If you have any questions, please contact the LSD Homeless Liaisons:

Becky Dunlop

Certified School Social Worker

Lebanon School District

1000 South 8th Street

Lebanon, Pa 17042

Cell 717-821-5460

Phone 717-273-9391 ext. 6926

[email protected]

Kim Briggs, CSSW

Certified School Social Worker

Lebanon School District

1000 South 8th Street

Lebanon, Pa 17042

Cell 717-821-5459

Phone 717-273-9391 ext. 6925

[email protected]

Vaughn Black

School Family Engagement Coordinator

Lebanon School District

1000 South 8th Street

Lebanon, Pa 17042

Cell 717-675-4837

Phone 717-273-9391 ext. 6925

vblack@lebanon.k12.pa.us


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