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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:
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- Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar
reason (sometimes referred to as doubled-up);
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- Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative
adequate accommodations;
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- Living in emergency or transitional shelters;
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- Abandoned in hospitals, or
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- 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:
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Promises (817-295-9384)
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Harvest House (817-2943-6252)
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Presbyterian Night Shelter (817-632-7400)
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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.
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