Who qualifies as homeless?

Homeless people are those who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.  This includes children and youth who are:

• Sharing housing ( doubled up) due to loss of housing or economic hardship.
• Living in motels, hotels, dilapidated trailers, or camp grounds due to lack of alternative adequate housing.
• Living in emergency or transitional housing.
• Abandoned in hospitals.
• Having a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, regular sleeping accommodations.
• Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations.
• Migratory students meeting the descriptions above

Families, with school aged children, experiencing homelessness have the right to....

• Attend school.
• Stay at the school they attended before becoming homeless (within reason) if the parent/guardian so choose.
• Transportation services to and from school of origin (dependent on situation.)
• Participate in school programs and activities and receive the same school services that are offered to other children.
• Title 1 Services.
• Free/reduced meals.