For those students who do not have a permanent home, clothing, shoes, and food are difficult to find. Highline Schools Foundation partners with the district’s McKinney-Vento Program Family Support Liaison to identify needs and help to fill them.
The McKinney-Vento Act defines homeless children or unaccompanied youth as lacking a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence, which includes:
- Families doubled up with friends or relatives due to loss of housing.
- Children living in motels, hotels, trailer parks and campgrounds due to lack of alternative accommodations.
- Children living in emergency or transitional shelters.
- Children living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, and bus or train stations.