Homeless Educational Resources

McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program

The McKinney-Vento Act defines “homeless children and youth” as individuals who lack a fixed, regular,and adequate nighttime residence. The term includes –

 Children and youth who are:

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

  reason (sometimes referred to as doubled-up);

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

  adequate accommodations;

• -  Living in emergency or transitional shelters;

• -  Abandoned in hospitals, or

• -  Awaiting foster care placement;

  • Children and youth 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;

  • Children and youth who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned building, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and

  • Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above.

  Welcome to Burleson I.S.D. For more information on the national level for homelessness visit

  http://nationalhomeless.org/ and for our local Texas homeless coalition visit https://www.theotx.org/. The Burleson community, including local counties, have several organizations and religious affiliations

  who can help families and youths in need of services and food. A few include:

•   Promises (817-295-9384)

•   Harvest House (817-2943-6252)

•   Presbyterian Night Shelter (817-632-7400)

•   Union Gospel Mission (817-339-2553)

  For a complete directory of services or if you have questions regarding the McKinney-Vento Act contact the Homeless coordinator at your child’s campus (the counselor) or the district coordinator Deidre Dobbins at ddobbins@bisdmail.net.