McKinney-Vento Act: Homeless Education Program

The McKinney-Vento Act’s Education of Homeless Children and Youth Program, ensures that homeless children and youth are provided a free, appropriate public education, despite lack of a fixed place of residence or a supervising parent or guardian. The state public school admission statute assuring the right of homeless and other children and youth in similar circumstances to enroll in schools is ORS 339.115(7).

Every school district in Oregon has at least one designated Homeless Student Liaison to provide direct assistance to homeless families and unaccompanied youths to access and achieve in school. To reach a district liaison, contact the district’s administrative office, or the state Homeless Education Program office.

Oregon’s Student Success Act has a Student Investment Account designed to support districts to reduce academic disparities and increase achievement of students in homeless living situations, those who are navigating poverty, and other historically underserved student groups. District Liaisons and ESDs are essential partners in this work.

American Rescue Plan - Homeless Children & Youth (ARP-HCY)

• U.S. Dept. of Education: Federal notifications, requirements, state allocations
  
• National Center on Homeless Education: Summary of federal agency resources
  
• SchoolHouse Connection: In-depth information, Q/A on purpose and use of ARP-HCY funds
  
• Oregon ARP-HCY Program FAQs
  
• ARP-HCY II Allocations
  

State Agency COVID Resources

• Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance
• Oregon Housing & Community Services
  
• Supplemental Food: Pandemic EBT Cards
  

McKinney-Vento Wildfire FAQs

Responses to frequent questions from districts on how McKinney-Vento applies to students and families displaced by disasters such as wildfires

District Liaison Contacts

• McKinney-Vento Liaison Contact List

  McKinney-Vento Liaisons and Administrative Contacts for all Oregon School Districts (by county).

• 2019-2022 Oregon McKinney-Vento Subgrant Contacts
  

Training Opportunities for Liaisons and Others

• Information coming soon

Laws & Guidance

Links to federal and state laws, and federal guidance on the McKinney-Vento Act, Education of Homeless Children & Youth Program.

• USDE Non-Regulatory Guidance (July 27, 2016)
• McKinney-Vento Act - Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program, as amended December 2015 under ESSA

Oregon School District Compliance

These documents describe the ways Oregon LEAs are advised to maintain federal compliance with McKinney-Vento, within the procedures and consolidated documents that ODE requires from LEAs.

• MV Liaison Training Rubric-Table Tools
• FAFSA Determination Letter for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
• Caregiver Authorization Form
• OSBA Sample District Homeless Student Policies
• Dispute Resolution for School Placement and Eligibility Determinations
  
• Oregon Administrative Rule 333-050-0040 - School Immunizations and Homeless Students
• Immunization Protocols and Records for Homeless Students
• Use of Title IA Set-Asides for Homeless Students: ODE Guidance
  
• Sample MV Family Intake Form
• Title I-A Homeless Set-Asides District Needs Assessment & Calculation

McKinney-Vento Posters and Links

Resources and Links: Includes the main national association links that provide information on program implementation, FAQs, training and other resources that may help LEAs manage local homeless student education programs. If your Oregon LEA has a particular intake form, training manual or program method that should be considered for a link on this page, please email the document to Bethany Kincaid.

Awareness Posters

• NCHE Parent Poster
• Sample Poster: Information for Parents
• NCHE Youth Poster

National Links

• U.S. Department of Education, Education of Homeless Children and Youth Programs

  Federal management of the McKinney-Vento Act’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program, through the Office of Safe and Healthy Students.

• National Center for Homeless Education

  Under federal contract, NCHE provides technical assistance, webinars, topical briefs, and toolkits for school district Homeless Liaisons and State Coordinators.

• SchoolHouse Connection

  is a national organization providing strategic advocacy and technical assistance for McKinney-Vento Education programs in partnership with early childhood programs, public schools, higher education, service providers, families and youth.

• National Homeless Law Center

  The mission of NLCH is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness.

• National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth

  membership organization for McKinney-Vento program staffs sponsoring annual national conference.

Homeless Student Data

Regarding data posted in this section: Counts of 1 to 5 students have been suppressed to protect confidentiality. State totals are unduplicated, while other totals may include students identified more than once.

Student Data 2018-2022

Unduplicated State Totals 2018-2022

• Unduplicated State Totals
  

2021-2022 Homeless Student Data

• PK-12 by Living Situation file
  
• High Counts file
  

2020-2021 Homeless Student Data

• PK-12 by Living Situation file
  
• High Counts file
  

2019-2020 Homeless Student Data

• PK-12 by Living Situation file
• High Counts file

2018-2019 Homeless Student Data

• K-12 by Living Situation file
• High Counts file

For more information on this topic contact Chris James.