Title VII-B

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is the primary piece of federal legislation dealing with the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness. The Act was originally authorized in 1987 and most recently was reauthorized in 2015 as Title VII, Part B of the Every Student Succeeds Act.

The McKinney-Vento program is designed to address the problems that homeless children and youth have faced in enrolling, attending, and succeeding in school. Under this program, State educational agencies (SEAs) and Local educational agencies (LEAs) must ensure that each homeless child and youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as other children and youth. Homeless children and youth should have access to the educational and other services that they need to enable them to meet the same challenging State student academic achievement standards to which all students are held. States and districts are required to review and undertake steps to revise laws, regulations, practices, or policies that may act as a barrier to the enrollment, attendance, or success in school.

Nebraska Numbers
In the 2016-2017 Schoolyear Nebraska districts reported 3,627 children or youth who were experiencing homelessness. Children and youth were reported from every part of the state with a total of 66 districts reporting anywhere from 1 to 1,023 children or youth experiencing homelessness sometime during the year. This includes a count of 442 unaccompanied homeless children or youth. An unaccompanied homeless youth or child is not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian. 62% of homeless children and youth in Nebraska are in “doubled-up” situations. Doubled-up means sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason.

Administrator Days 2017 Power Point Presentations

“Identifying and Serving Homeless Students“

NCHE (National Center for Homeless Education) Briefs

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act – Laws and Guidance

Sample Dispute Resolution Process

Sample Dispute Resolution Process (Required)

Sample McKinney-Vento Written Notification of Enrollment/Placement Decision Form

Sample McKinney-Vento Written Notification of Enrollment/Placement Decision Form

Form for Parent/Guardian/Unaccompanied Homeless Youth to Dispute the District Decision.

Form for Parent/Guardian/Unaccompanied Homeless Youth to Dispute the District Decision.

Sample McKinney-Vento Dispute Resolution Written Response and Right to Appeal Notification

(Required Process, Sample Form)

Homeless Education – Miscellaneous

Homeless Resources

The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth

The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) is a national membership association dedicated to educational excellence for children and youth experiencing homelessness.

The National Center for Homeless Education
The NCHE provides research, resources, and information enabling communities to address the educational needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness.

The National Center on Family Homelessness
The National Center on Family Homelessness is at the forefront of research and evaluation, program design, service delivery, systems integration, and advocacy to help homeless children and their families.

The National Law Center on Home lessness and Poverty
The mission of the Law Center is to prevent and end homelessness by serving as the legal arm of the nationwide movement to end homelessness.

SchoolHouse Connection
SchoolHouse Connection is a national organization promoting success for children and youth experiencing homelessness, from birth through higher education.

Homeless Shelter Information-Nebraska

Homeless shelters across Nebraska are listed alphabetically as reported by its respective school district.

To navigate, click on a link below or simply scroll down until you find the location you are looking for. For a printer-friendly version of the list, click on the ‘Print Version’ icon

Auburn	Chadron	Grand Island	Lexington	Norfolk	Omaha
Bellevue	Fairbury	Hastings	Lincoln	North Platte	Scottsbluff
	Fremont	Kearney	McCook	Ogallala	Valentine
					Wayne

Printable PDF Homeless Shelter’s

Auburn	Project Response P.O. Box 213 Auburn, NE 68305
Bellevue	Family Service Safe Haven 116 E. Mission Avenue Bellevue, NE 68005
Chadron	Family Rescue Services P.O. Box 877 Chadron, NE 69337
Fairbury	Hope Crisis P.O. Box 273 Fairbury, NE 68352
Fremont	Care Corps, Inc. 723 North Broad Street Fremont, NE 68025
Grand Island	Hope Harbor 610 West Division Grand Island, NE 68801
	Crisis Center, Inc. P.O. Box 1008 Grand Island, NE 68802
Hastings	Catholic Social Services 515 West 3rd Street Hastings, NE 68901
	Crossroads Center 421 North Lincoln Avenue Hastings, NE 68901
	Emergency Protective Service Shelter 621 North Lincoln Hastings, NE 68901
	Spouse Abuse/Sexual Assault Crisis Center 2608 West 2nd Street P.O. Box 8 Hastings, NE 68901
Kearney	RAFT, Inc. P.O. Box 1741 Kearney, NE 68848
	The S.A.F.E. Center, Inc. 3710 Central Avenue, Ste. 10 Kearney, NE 68847
Lexington	Haven House Community Services Center, Inc. 109 West 8th Street Lexington, NE 68850
	Parent-Child Center P.O. Box 722 Lexington, NE 68850
Lincoln	Cedars Freeway Station 1911 South 20th Street Lincoln, NE 68502
	Cedars Youth Services 640 South 48th Street Lincoln, NE 68503
	Friendship Home P.O. Box 30268 Lincoln, NE 68503
	People’s City Mission 110 Q Street Lincoln, NE 68501
McCook	Domestic Abuse/Sexual Assault Services P.O. Box 714 McCook, NE 69001
Norfolk	Bright Horizons P.O. Box 1711 Norfolk, NE 68702
	Temporary Housing Action Team 1628 West Berry Hill Drive Norfolk, NE 68701
	Wesley Center Crisis Nursery 409-1/2 Phillip Avenue Norfolk, NE 68701
North Platte	Lincoln County Community Services Lincoln Connection P.O. Box 1881 North Platte, NE 69101
	Rape/Domestic Abuse Program P.O. Box 393 North Platte, NE 69101
Ogallala	Sandhills Crisis Intervention Program P.O. Box 22 Ogallala, NE 69153
Omaha	Catholic Social Services P.O. Box 4346 Omaha, NE 68104
	Child Saving Institute Children’s Crisis Center 115 South 46th Street Omaha, NE 68132
	Open Door Mission Ministries Lydia House 3030 North 21st Street East Omaha, NE 68110
	Open Door Mission Ministries Family Ministries 2706 North 21st Street East Omaha, NE 68110
	St. Vincent de Paul Family Shelter 613 North 17th Street Omaha, NE 68102
	The Salvation Army/CARES 3612 Cuming Street Omaha, NE 68102
	Salvation Army Homeless Housing Program 3612 Cuming Street Omaha, NE 68102
Scottsbluff	Domestic Violence Emergency Services P.O. Box 434 Scottsbluff, NE 69361
	Panhandle Youth Shelter 3350 North 10th Street Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Valentine	North Central Quad Counties 421 East 3rd Street Valentine, NE 69201
Wayne	Haven House Family Services Center P.O. Box 44 Wayne, NE 68787

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