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Am I Homeless?

(Subtitle VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, re-authorized under Title X, Part C of NCLB)

The term homeless children and youth

  1. means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence…; and
  2. includes
    • children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason; are living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations; are living in emergency or transitional shelters; are abandoned in hospitals; or are awaiting foster care placement;
    • children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed 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 for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are living in circumstances described previously.