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Administrative Annex bldg. | 310 N. 13th St. | Harlingen, TX  78550 | p: (956) 427-3425


McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program 

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Homeless Education Program Information
Who is homeless?
Student Housing Questionnaire
Informational Posters
Community Resources
2023-2024 Infographic

Guadalupe Turner
guadalupe.turner@hcisd.org
District Homeless Liaison




Federal Programs Department Annex Building
310 N. 13th St Harlingen, TX 78550
(956) 427-3425

Homeless Education Program Information


The federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvement Act and Texas State Law protect the rights of homeless children and youth.

The Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District assures that children and youth who are experiencing homelessness and living within the district have access to the same free, appropriate public education and related services provided for all children and youth. The District Liaison for the Homeless Education Program is Sylvia Gonzalez(Email Sylvia Gonzalez), Director of Family and Community Engagement.

Who is homeless?

The term “homeless children and youth” – (A) means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence…; and (B) includes – (i) 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 accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement; (ii) 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 … (iii) children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and (iv) migratory children who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described in clauses (i) through (iii).

Services available to children and youth experiencing homelessness include: transportation, school supplies, eye glasses, and emergency medical or dental services.

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Student Housing Questionnaire

English-_Children_Experiencing_Homelessness_25-26.pdf
Spanish_-Children_Experiencing_Homelessness_25-26.pdf

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Informational Posters

m-v-h-flyer-parents-pdf.pdf
m-v-h-flyer-parents-spanish-pdf.pdf
m-v-h-flyer-youth-pdf.pdf
m-v-h-flyer-youth-spanish-pdf.pdf

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Community Resources

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2023-2024 Infographic

2024-tehcy-infographic-23-24_Part1.pdf
2024-tehcy-infographic-23-24_Part2.pdf

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