Mount Horeb Area School District offers services to homeless families through various programs. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act defines the homeless as “individuals who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence.” This definition includes children and youth whose family has lost housing due to economic difficulties and is sharing the housing of others (doubled-up); who are living in motels, hotels, transitional or emergency shelters; or, whose nighttime residence is a place not normally used for housing. Unaccompanied youth and migratory children, who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above, have the same rights.
Homeless children have rights and are eligible for many services under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. For example, homeless children and youth have the right to stay in the school they attended prior to becoming homeless (the school of origin); transportation from their temporary residence to the school may be provided; homeless students are eligible for free lunch; and homeless children have the right to waivers of school fees and to school supplies.
Parents/guardians of homeless children or unaccompanied youth may contact Brian Johnson, District Homeless Liaison for the Mount Horeb Area School District, for additional information and support. Mr. Brian Johnson can be reached at (608) 437-7016 or by email.
You may also reference the following Board of Education documents for more information: Homeless Education Program Policy 411.2 and Homeless Education Program Administrative Regulation 411.2 A.
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