Taken from
National Center for Homeless Education at Serve www.serve.org/nche 2014 Subtitle
VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (as reauthorized by Title
X, Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended)
The term
“homeless children and youth”-
Includes-
children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placements;
children and youths who have primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designated for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings…
children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings; and
migratory children who qualify as homeless