McKinney Vento Act

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, reauthorized in December 2001, ensures educational rights and protections for children and youth experiencing homelessness.
 
The McKinney Act originally consisted of 15 programs providing a range of services to homeless people, including the Continuum of Care Programs: the Supportive Housing Program, the Shelter Plus Care Program, and the Single Room Occupancy Program, as well as the Emergency Shelter Grant Program. These programs are all contained within Title IV.

• Title I of the McKinney Act includes a statement of six findings by Congress and provides a definition of homelessness.
• Title II establishes and describes the functions of the Interagency Council on the Homeless, an independent entity within the Executive Branch composed of the heads of 15 federal agencies.
• Title III of the McKinney Act authorizes the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, which is administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
• Title IV authorizes the emergency shelter and transitional housing programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the Emergency Shelter Grant program (expanded from the program created by the Homeless Housing Act in 1986), the Supportive Housing Demonstration Program, Supplemental Assistance for Facilities to Assist the Homeless, and Section 8 Single Room Occupancy Moderate Rehabilitation.
• Title V of the McKinney Act imposes requirements on federal agencies to identify and make available surplus federal property, such as buildings and land, for use by states, local governments, and nonprofit agencies to assist homeless people.
• Title VI authorizes several programs administered by the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Title VII authorizes several programs administered by the Department of Education, the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services.
• Title VIII amends the Food Stamp program to facilitate participation in the program by persons who are homeless, administered by the Department of Agriculture.
• Title IX of the McKinney Act extends the Veterans Job Training Act.

New York State Education Department McKinney-Vento Homeless Education