Who Can Be Identified As Homeless?

• Children who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence 
• Sharing housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason (NOT BY CHOICE)
• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations. 
• Abandoned in hospitals. 
• Children and youth whose primary nighttime residence is not designed for, or ordinarily used as regular sleeping accommodations. 
• Children and youth living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus/train stations or similar settings. 
• Unaccompanied youth- not in the physical custody of a parent/guardian
• Runaways living in a runaway shelter, abandoned building, car, on the streets or in other adequate housing. Youth living with another family because they would have nowhere else to stay otherwise.
• Children and youth denied housing by their families.

 Services For Identified Students

• Free meals
• Immediate enrollment
• Transportation if needed and/or qualify
• Early Childhood programs
• Help obtaining and transfer records needed for registration
• School supplies
• Referrals for medical, dental, and other health services
• Clothing to meet school requirements
• Coordination between schools and agencies