The Eminence Independent FIT program is designed as a part of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. It is the goal of this program to help remove barriers of homelessness and help promote an identified student's success in school.
Contact your McKinney-Vento Homeless Liaison for help today:
Molly Dentinger
502-845-5427 x4082
Who Qualifies:
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2001 - Title X, Part C. of the No Child Left Behind Act- Sec 725
The term “homeless children and youth”
**Means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence**
Includes:
- Children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to
- loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar reason;
- iving in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative accommodations
- living in emergency or transitional shelters
- being abandoned in hospitals
- awaiting fostercare
- 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 that qualify
Educational Rights Under McKinney-Vento
- Receive a free, appropriate public education
- Enroll in school immediately, even if lacking documents normally required for enrollment
- Enroll in school and attend classes while the school gathers needed documents
- Enroll in the local school, or continue attending the school of origin (where they attended when they were permanently housed) according to the best interest of the student
- Receive transportation to and from the school of origin, if requested
- Receive educational services comparable to those provided to other students, according to each student’s needs