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Homeless Services
Contact: Amreek Singh, NUSD Homeless Liaison
(916) 567-5881 office
(916) 567-5678 fax
“Homeless” children are entitled the protections of the McKinney-Vento Act. The Act defines homeless children as “individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.” The act goes on to give examples of children who would fall under this definition:
- Children sharing housing due to economic hardship or loss of housing;
- Children living in “motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camp grounds due to lack of alternative accommodations”
- Children living in “emergency or transitional shelters”
- Children “awaiting foster care placement”
- Children whose primary nighttime residence is not ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation (e.g. park benches, etc)
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Children living in “cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations…”
HOMELESS SERVICES:
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