Welcome to the  Families & Youth in Transition Program

The Families & Youth in Transition Program was created by the McKinney-Vento Act to eliminate barriers to enrollment, attendance and success in school for transition (homeless) students.

Definition of Homelessness
Any child or youth without a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence is considered homeless under the law.  This includes students who are:

• Living  with a friend, relative or someone else because they have lost their home or their family is having temporary financial problems, which is called “doubled-up/tripled up”

• Staying in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or campground because they have nowhere else to go

• Living in a shelter, including emergency or transitional shelters, domestic violence shelters, and runaway and homeless youth shelters

• Staying in substandard housing

• Living in places not ordinarily used for sleeping, including cars, parks, public places, abandoned buildings, or bus or train stations

• Awaiting foster care placement

• Abandoned in a hospital

 

McKinney-Vento Act gives transition students the right to:

• Remain in the same school even if they move
• Enroll in a new school without typically required records such as proof of residency, immunizations, school records, or other documents
• Receive transportation to school
• Obtain site-based services at school
• Challenge decisions made by the schools and districts, if they do not agree with their recommendations