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Children and youth in temporary housing can enroll in school without the documents normally needed to enroll.  Children and youth are temporarily housed or homeless if they lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence which includes, for example: -living in a shelter, car, or hotel or sharing the home of a relative because they lost their home or were evicted.

• How does McKinney-Vento Act define homelessness?
• A student who lacks a fixed, adequate and regular nighttime residence.
• What does “fixed”, “adequate”, and “regular” mean?
• A “fixed” residence is one that is stationary, permanent and not subject to change.
• An “adequate” residence is one that is sufficient for meeting both the physical and psychological needs typically met in home environments.
• A “regular” residence is one which is used on a nightly basis.
• Examples of housing arrangements that are NOT fixed, regular, and adequate can include:
• Living in emergency or transitional shelters;
• Share housing due to loss of housing or economic hardship (“doubled-up”)
• Live in motels, hotels, trailer parks, campgrounds due to lack of alternative adequate housing;
• Are awaiting foster care placement;
• Are abandoned in hospitals;
• Live in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, or bus or train stations;
• Have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, regular sleeping accommodations;
• Are migratory children living in circumstances described above.
• Click here to learn more about the McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Act