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McKinney-Vento Education Definition of Homeless

Children and youth who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence:

  • Sharing the housing of other persons due to the loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason
  • Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or campgrounds, due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations
  • Living in emergency or transitional shelters, or are abandoned in hospitals