McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

Who is covered by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act?

Children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including children and youth:

• Sharing the housing of other persons due to the loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason

• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds, due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations

• Living in emergency or transitional shelters, or are abandoned in hospitals

• Living in a public or private place not designated for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings

• Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings

• Migratory children living in the above circumstances

• Unaccompanied youth includes a homeless child or youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian