Student Support Services serves enrolled Burlington County Institute of Technology school district students experiencing homelessness who are in need of support, resources and assistance.

The Stewart B. McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth (McKinney-Vento EHCY) program provides homeless students with protections and services to ensure they enroll in and attend school; complete their high school education and be positioned for success after graduation, so they may avoid poverty and homelessness as adults.

The McKinney-Vento EHCY program ensures homeless children and youth have equal access to a free, appropriate public education and are able to enroll in and attend school. The program funds supplemental academic support services for homeless children and youth to ensure their school success.

If you live in any of the following situations, you may qualify for certain rights and protections under the federal McKinney-Vento Act:

Children who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence qualify for McKinney-Vento services. This includes students who are:

• In a shelter

• In a motel, hotel or campground due to the lack of an alternate adequate accommodation

• In a car, park, abandoned building, or bus or train station

• Doubled up with other people due to loss of housing or economic hardship

Eligible students have the right to:

• Immediate enrollment in school

• Transportation to/from school

• Access to free meals, educational programs, and transportation to extra-curricular activities to the same extent that it is offered to the other students