McKinney-Vento Services
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act ensures that children and youth who are homeless have access to free and appropriate public education and are presented with the opportunity to succeed in school. For more information and to view the federal law, visit https://nche.ed.gov/mckinney-vento-definition/.
Eligibility For Services
- Living in a shelter (family, youth or domestic violence shelter or transitional living program)
- Living in a motel, hotel or weekly rate housing
- Living in a house or apartment with more than one family because of economic hardship or loss
- Living in an abandoned building, in a car, at a campground or on the street
- Living in substandard housing (without electricity, heat or water)
- Living with friends or family because you are a runaway or unaccompanied youth
Services
- Enrollment Assistance
- Free Lunch
- School Supplies
- Backpacks
- Clothing
- Transportation
- Community Resource Referrals
Resources
- McKinney-Vento Comal ISD Board Policy
- McKinney-Vento Department of Education
- Texas Homeless Education Office
McKinney- Vento Flyers for Parents and Students
For more information please click on the link below to go to the Education Service Center. Click Here for ESC 20
Ambriel Altamirano
McKinney-Vento Liaison
(830) 221-2182