New York State Technical and Education Assistance Center for Homeless Students

Students who transfer schools often do worse in school than those who don't transfer. The McKinney-Vento Act can help solve this problem by allowing students to stay in the same school and get free transportation.

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Find tools geared toward social service providers to help answer general questions about the McKinney-Vento Act.

Helpful Information for Service Providers [PDF]

This document provides a brief overview of what social service providers should know about the rights of students experiencing homelessness.

Determining Homelessness by the Definition [PDF]

This document is intended to clarify some of the gray areas related to determining which students should be designated as homeless under McKinney-Vento.

School Selection Issue Brief [PDF]

The McKinney-Vento Act allows students to choose between the school of origin (the last school the student attended/the school the student was entitled to attend when the student was last permanently housed) and the local school (the school zoned for the area where the student is temporarily residing). This issue brief is intended to clarify this decision and assist in the decision-making process.