McKinney-Vento Title IX-A
Taylor’s Crossing Public Charter School
McKinney-Vento Homeless Liaison: Bobbi J. Campbell
Who is Homeless? Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Act defines the term “homeless children and youths” as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including:
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 adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals;
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).
Important Web Links for Information and Assistance
https://nche.ed.gov
Housing
https://www.shelterlistings.org/details/29829/
https://www.rentassistance.us/ci/id-idaho_falls
https://www.gottrouble.com/homeless-shelters-foodbanks-low-income-housing- financial-legal-assistance-idaho/ https://www.idahohousing.com/rental-assistance/housing-choice-voucher/
Food http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/FoodCashAssistance/ApplyforAssistance/tabid/1554/Default.asx
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap https://www.benefits.gov/benefits/benefit-details/681
https://www.benefits.gov/benefits/benefit-details/1256
https://www.foodpantries.org/st/idaho
Utilities Assistance
http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html/idaho_utility_bill_and_heating.html
http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html/lheap_assistance.html
https://www.benefits.gov/benefits/benefit-details/623
http://www.puc.idaho.gov/consumer/consumerfaqs.html#1
https://www.idahofallsidaho.gov/289/Financial-Bill-Assistance
https://www.rockymountainpower.net/ya/wtp/fa.html
211 Idaho CareLine http://sde.idaho.gov/federal-programs/homeless/files/general/211-Idaho-Care-
Taylor’s Crossing Public Charter School
McKinney-Vento Homeless Liaison: Bobbi J. Campbell
Who is Homeless? Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Act defines the term “homeless children and youths” as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including:
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 adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are abandoned in hospitals;
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).
Important Web Links for Information and Assistance
https://nche.ed.gov
Housing
https://www.shelterlistings.org/details/29829/
https://www.rentassistance.us/ci/id-idaho_falls
https://www.gottrouble.com/homeless-shelters-foodbanks-low-income-housing- financial-legal-assistance-idaho/ https://www.idahohousing.com/rental-assistance/housing-choice-voucher/
Food http://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/FoodCashAssistance/ApplyforAssistance/tabid/1554/Default.asx
https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap https://www.benefits.gov/benefits/benefit-details/681
https://www.benefits.gov/benefits/benefit-details/1256
https://www.foodpantries.org/st/idaho
Utilities Assistance
http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html/idaho_utility_bill_and_heating.html
http://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html/lheap_assistance.html
https://www.benefits.gov/benefits/benefit-details/623
http://www.puc.idaho.gov/consumer/consumerfaqs.html#1
https://www.idahofallsidaho.gov/289/Financial-Bill-Assistance
https://www.rockymountainpower.net/ya/wtp/fa.html
211 Idaho CareLine http://sde.idaho.gov/federal-programs/homeless/files/general/211-Idaho-Care-
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