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Homeless Educational Resources

McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program

The McKinney-Vento Act defines “homeless children and youth” as individuals who lack a fixed, regular,and adequate nighttime residence. The term includes –

Children and youth who are:

  • Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason (sometimes referred to as doubled-up);

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

  • Living in emergency or transitional shelters;

  • Abandoned in hospitals, or

  • Awaiting foster care placement;

  • Children and youth 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 youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned building, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and

  • Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above.

    For more information on the national level for homelessness visit http://nationalhomeless.org/ and for our local Texas homeless coalition visit https://www.theotx.org/.

    The Burleson community, including local counties, have several organizations and religious affiliations who can help families and youths in need of services and food. A few include:

  • Promises (817-295-9384)

  • Harvest House (817-2943-6252)

  • Presbyterian Night Shelter (817-632-7400)

  • Union Gospel Mission (817-339-2553)

    For a complete directory of services or if you have questions regarding the McKinney-Vento Act contact the Homeless coordinator at your child’s campus (the counselor) or the district coordinator Deidre Dobbins at ddobbins@bisdmail.net.