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The McKinney-Vento Homeless Act ensures rights for and provides services to all students lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. Ultimately, the McKinney-Vento Homeless Act removes barriers to education for students in need. The following situations are considered homeless by the U.S. Department of Education:

Sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason (sometimes referred to as “doubled-up”)
Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations
Living in emergency or transitional shelters, or abandoned hospitals
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 (living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings)
Migratory children who qualify as homeless because they are living in circumstances described above
Unaccompanied Youth-children or youth who meet the definition of homeless and not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian

Please read the McKinney-Vento District Plan for more information or contact the district liaison.

District Liaison

April Susnjara

E-mail: susnjaraa@swdubois.k12.in.us

Phone: (812) 683-1172

Building Level Liaisons

Southridge High School Southridge Middle School

Christine Vinson Amanda Pulley

E-mail: vinsonc@swdubois.k12.in.us E-mail: pulleya@swdubois.k12.in.us

Phone: (812) 683-2272 ext. 2122 Phone: (812) 683-3372 ext. 3031

Huntingburg Elementary School Holland Elementary School

April Susnjara Robin Small

E-mail: susnjaraa@swdubois.k12.in.us Email: smallr@swdubois.k12.in.us

Phone: (812) 683-1172 Phone: (812) 536-2441

IDOE state coordinators’ contact information: Flora Jones, Director of Student Pathways & Opportunities and Charie Gibson, Homeless Education Specialist, 317-232-0957, McKinneyVentoPOC@doe.in.gov

IDOE's McKinney-Vento: Homeless Children & Youth Program

Dubois County Resources:

https://www.foodpantries.org/co/in-dubois

https://www.findhelp.org/search_results/47542

https://www.in.gov/fssa/

McKenney Vento Newsletter for parents

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