The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

• The McKinney-Vento Act provides rights and services to children and youth experiencing homelessness, which includes those who are: sharing the housing of others due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason; staying in motels, trailer parks, or camp grounds due to the lack of an adequate alternative; staying in shelters or transitional housing; or sleeping in cars, parks, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, or similar settings.

• Project 680's objective is to provide items deemed as necessities to successfully receiving an education, such as shoes, clothing, personal care items, school supplies, etc., to students receiving support from school district homeless liaisons.

• Some youth are homeless for brief periods of time. In comparison, more than half of street youth – those who spend a significant amount of time in areas that increase their risk for sexual abuse, exploitation, and drug abuse and are generally not connected with services – are homeless for two to nine years. (Source: https://calyouth.org/advocacy-policy/californias-homeless-youth/)