Medinah School District implements the McKinney-Vento
Homeless Assistance Act, which provides students who are identified as homeless
with certain support services to assist them with their educational success.
Under the definition in the law, the term “homeless” includes individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, this may include children or youth who are:
- Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing or economic hardship
- Living in a motel/hotel, trailer park, or camprgrounds due to lack of alternative accomodations
- Living in emergency or transitional shelters.
- Have a primary night residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accomodation for human beings, or
- Living in a car, park, public space, abandoned building, or bus or train station
Children who meet the federal definition of homeless will be provided a free apropriate public education in the same manner as all other students of the District.
Contact Us
For more information about services for homeless students and local resources, please contact Medinah School District's Homeless Liaision George Gouriotis at (630) 893-3838 or [email protected]
Resources
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth