Sharon Brown
District Homeless Liaison & RES Mental Health Counselor
(970) 626-5468
sbrown@ridgway.k12.co.us

This flowchart is meant to aid you in making decisions about a student’s eligibility as homeless under the McKinney-Vento Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.), but it may not capture every housing situation. For the complete definition of homeless, visit https://nche.ed.gov/mckinney-vento-definition/. For more information on making determinations, see the related issue brief from the National Center for Homeless Education at https://nche.ed.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/det_elig.pdf.

National Center for Homeless Education Eligibility Flowchart.pdf

National Center for Homeless Education
(800) 308-2145
https://nche.ed.gov/