WHAT IS MCKINNEY-VENTO?

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act developed as a result of upwards of 50 percent of homeless children not attending school. Congress created this act which was signed into law by President Ronald Regan on July 22, 1987, to provide states with funding to eliminate barriers to education. The goal of the McKinney-Vento Act was to ensure the enrollment, attendance and success of homeless children and youth in school. 

The NACS District McKinney-Vento liaison is Caleb Miner, Director of Operational Services. Please contact him directly with questions about available services. 

STUDENT RIGHTS:
McKinney-Vento Students-Rights.pdf

NACS CONTACT:

Caleb Miner
Director of Operational Services, McKinney-Vento Liaison
Northwest Allen County Schools
caleb.miner@nacs.k12.in.us
(260) 637-3155 

STATE CONTACTS:

Charie Jones - Homeless Education Specialist

317-232-0957
McKinneyVentoPOC@doe.in.gov

STATE AND FEDERAL RESOURCES:

State Resources

• Exodus - Refugee & Immigration Assistance
• Helping Veterans and Families - Veteran Assistance
• HSI - Indiana's Homeless Prevention Program - Housing Assistance
• Indiana 211 - Food, Shelter & Housing, and Health Care Resources across the state
• Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles - State I.D., Driver’s License
• Indiana Department of Health - Birth Certificates, Vital Statistics
• Indiana Department of Housing & Urban Development - Housing supports
• Indiana Department of Workforce Development - Job assistance, High school Equivalency exam
• Indiana Family & Social Services Administration - SNAP, TANF, Medicaid
• Indiana Head Start & Early Head Start - School readiness program for children under 5 years.
• IHCDA - Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority - Housing First program, Homeless Youth Program, Indiana Balance of State Continuum of Care
• Indiana Housing Now - Housing Resources
• Salvation Army Indiana
• Volunteers of America

Federal Resources

• A Way Home America
• The Homeless and Housing Resource Center
• Human Rights Campaign
• Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness
• NAEHCY - National Association for the Education of Homeless Children & Youth
• National Alliance to End Homelessness
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
• National Homelessness Law Center
• National Network for Youth
• National Runaway Safeline
• NCHE - National Center for Homeless Education
• SchoolHouse Connection
• Social Security Administration
• United States Department of Education
• United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
• United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

LOCAL HOMELESS-SERVING NEWSLETTERS, BULLETINS, AND RESOURCES:

• Vincent Village:  Shelter, training, housing assistance, resources
• Young Mothers of America:  Training, housing assistance
• Fort Wayne Rescue Mission:  Male Emergency Shelter, Meals
• St. Joseph Missions:  Single Woman Emergency Shelter
• YWCA Northeast Indiana:  Women & Children Emergency Shelter
• Just Neighbors:  Families w/ Children Emergency Shelter
• Catholic Charities FW:  Food pantry, training, financial/material assistance
• Wellsping Interfaith Social Services:  Food and Clothing
• Lifehouse Church:  Food and Clothing Pantry
• Headwater Church:  Food Pantry
• Pathway Community Church:  Food, cleaning supplies, toiletry items
• CONNECT Allen County:  Food, training, healthcare
• Brightpoint:  Housing and Utility Assistance
• Everyone Home:  Meals Calendar w/ times/locations, Housing

• Boomerang Backpacks:  Food