• McKinney-Vento Act: ¼â½ÐÊÓƵappless/Highly Mobile Services


    The McKinney-Vento ¼â½ÐÊÓƵappless Student Assistance Act protects the rights of all homeless/highly mobile students. The act defines homeless children as youth between the ages of 2 to 18 years old who lack a fixed regular and adequate nighttime residence and may:

    • Live in a hotel or motel;
    • Live in a shelter/transitional housing program;
    • Sharing housing with another family due to loss of housing, stemming from economic hardship;
    • Live in a trailer park or campsite due to the lack of adequate living accommodations;
    • Live in an abandoned building, parked car, or other facility not designed as regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;
    • Lives with another person due to the death or incarceration of a parent
    • Lives as a youth on their own due to abandonment or runaway status  

    Students are identified by the District ¼â½ÐÊÓƵappless liaison or through referrals made by District employees, community members, city agency employees or self-referrals. If you think your children may be eligible, contact the local liaison to find out what services and support might be available.

     

    Deer Valley Unified School District ¼â½ÐÊÓƵappless Liaison:

    Tricia Brenden

    623-445-4924

    OR

    Manager of Federal Programs: 

    Lisa Crain

    623-445-4914