麦金尼-文托无家可归者援助
In January of 2002, Congress authorized the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to assist families and youth experiencing homelessness. This Act entitles children who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence to a free, appropriate education and requires schools to remove barriers to their enrollment, attendance and success in school.
The McKinney-Vento Program meets the needs of homeless students attending North Carolina Cyber Academy by addressing academic challenges and family issues affecting their success in school. Example living situations that may qualify include, but are not limited to:
Living with a friend, relative or other person/family because of a loss of housing
Living in an emergency shelter, transitional housing or domestic violence shelter
Living temporarily in substandard housing
Living in a runaway or homeless youth shelter
Staying in a motel or hotel because of a loss of housing or fleeing domestic violence
Living in a car, park or public place, abandoned building or bus station
Living in a campground or an inadequate trailer home
Youth living on their own, even if their families want them to come home
McKinney-Vento 计划还满足“不受父母或监护人实际监护的青少年”的需求（42 USC §11434a (6), 2001）。不受父母或监护人实际监护且缺乏固定、正规和适当住所的青年被称为无人陪伴的无家可归青年。即使父母/监护人/看护人希望学生回家，逃跑的青少年也有资格获得服务。青少年可能独自一人的一些原因包括但不限于家庭功能障碍、父母忽视和虐待（情感、身体、性或物质）、监禁、疾病和驱逐出境。离家出走的青年和无人陪伴的无家可归青年有资格在没有法定监护人的情况下立即注册。根据 McKinney-Vento 计划，只要学生有资格在北卡罗来纳州接受 K-12 公共教育，无人陪伴的无家可归或离家出走的青年没有年龄限制。
如果遇到可能的离家出走或无人陪伴的无家可归青年，学校必须立即通知学校社会工作者或 McKinney-Vento 联络员。
北卡罗来纳州无家可归者教育主任：
丽莎菲利普斯
无家可归儿童和青年教育国家协调员
北卡罗来纳州公共教育部。
(336) 315 - 7491
https://hepnc.uncg.edu
Requesting Services
If you feel that you or your family may qualify for McKinney-Vento services please contact:
Twala Timmons
Social Worker | McKinney - Vento Liaison
(984) 208 - 6703
For additional support and resources, please contact:
Lisa Phillips
Director of Homeless Education in NC
State Coordinator for the Education of Homeless Children &Youth
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
(336) 543 - 4285