McKinney-Vento (Homelessness in NC)
District McKinney-Vento Liaison
Teresa Mitchell
(336) 474-4334 (phone)
[email protected] (email)
*Note: At each school, the School Counselor serves as the school-based McKinney-Vento Point of Contact.*
North Carolina McKinney-Vento State Coordinator: Lisa Phillips
The McKinney-Vento Act is a federal law passed in 1987 to help families who are homeless keep their children in school with minimal barriers. It was most recently re-authorized in December 2015 by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
The term “homeless children and youth”—
A. means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and
B. includes —
- children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters or are abandoned in hospitals.
- children and youths 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 youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
- migratory children who qualify as homeless.
During the 2021-2022 school year, Thomasville City Schools had 117 students identified as eligible to receive services under the McKinney-Vento Act.
During the 2020-2021 school year, Thomasville City Schools had 93 students identified as eligible to receive services under the McKinney-Vento Act.
During the 2019-2020 school year, Thomasville City Schools had 128 students identified as eligible to receive services under the McKinney-Vento Act.
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