Indiana Education for Homeless Children and Youth Plan
You may qualify for certain rights and protections under the federal McKinney – Vento Act, if you live in any of the following situations:
- In a Shelter.
- In a Motel or campground due to lack of accommodation.
- In a car, park, abandoned building or bus/train station.
- Doubled up with other people due to loss of housing or economic hardship.
Contact Info
District Homeless Liaison
Tammi Reynolds
601 Market Street
Covington, Indiana 47832
ReynoldsT@covington.k12.in.us
765-793-2254 Ext. 371
IDOE Homeless Education State Coordinator
Charie Jones
McKinneyVentoPOC@doe.in.gov
317-232-0957
Federal Resources
- A Way Home America
- The Homeless and Housing Resource Center
- Human Rights Campaign
- Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness
- NAEHCY - National Association for the Education of Homeless Children & Youth
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
- National Homelessness Law Center
- National Network for Youth
- National Runaway Safeline
- NCHE - National Center for Homeless Education
- SchoolHouse Connection
- Social Security Administration
- United States Department of Education
- United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
- United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
State Resources
- Exodus - Refugee & Immigration Assistance
- Helping Veterans and Families - Veteran Assistance
- HSI - Indiana's Homeless Prevention Program - Housing Assistance
- Indiana 211 - Food, Shelter & Housing, and Health Care Resources across the state
- Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles - State I.D., Driver’s License
- Indiana Department of Health - Birth Certificates, Vital Statistics
- Indiana Department of Housing & Urban Development - Housing supports
- Indiana Department of Workforce Development - Job assistance, High school Equivalency exam
- Indiana Family & Social Services Administration - SNAP, TANF, Medicaid
- Indiana Head Start & Early Head Start - School readiness program for children under 5 years.
- IHCDA - Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority - Housing First program, Homeless Youth Program, Indiana Balance of State Continuum of Care
- Indiana Housing Now - Housing Resources
- Salvation Army Indiana
- Volunteers of America