Student & Family Support

McKinney-Vento Support

Every scholar deserves continuity, stability, and access to school. Herron Classical Schools helps students and families experiencing homelessness or housing instability understand their educational rights and connect with available support.

Contact Our Liaison Find Support Resources

Understanding Eligibility

Could McKinney-Vento apply to my family?

McKinney-Vento protections may apply when a student lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

You do not have to determine eligibility on your own. Our liaison can help your family understand available protections and services.

Shelter or transitional housing

Including emergency or temporary shelter arrangements.

Motel, hotel, campground, or temporary accommodation

When adequate permanent housing is not available.

A place not normally used as regular housing

Such as a car, park, abandoned building, bus station, or train station.

Sharing housing because of hardship or loss of housing

Sometimes described as being doubled up with another household.

Housing information is sensitive.

Herron Classical Schools approaches housing-related information with care and discretion while helping students access educational services and support.

Educational Protections

Student rights

The McKinney-Vento Act is intended to reduce barriers to enrollment, attendance, transportation, and participation in school.

Attend the school of origin or the school where the student is temporarily residing when applicable.

Enroll even when normal school, medical, residency, or similar records are unavailable.

Receive transportation support when provided under McKinney-Vento.

Receive written information about McKinney-Vento rights.

Receive a written explanation if enrollment or eligible services are denied.

Continue eligible services while applicable disputes are being resolved.

Automatically qualify for Title I services when eligible under McKinney-Vento.

Be protected from policies or practices that create barriers to enrollment or school participation.

Homeless Students' Rights IDOE McKinney-Vento

Resource Center

Find the support you need.

Resources are organized by need so families can quickly find relevant support without scrolling through a long directory.

Indiana Department of Education McKinney-Vento Program Indiana Indiana 211 Indiana Homeless Students' Rights HCS National Center for Homeless Education National SchoolHouse Connection National Full State & Federal Resource Directory HCS

Housing Questionnaire IDOE Housing Questionnaire - Spanish IDOE Transportation FAQs IDOE Indiana Transportation Law IDOE Dispute Resolution Procedure IDOE Eligibility Notification IDOE Dispute Resolution Form IDOE Parent Eligibility Appeal Form IDOE McKinney-Vento FAQs IDOE

A Way Home America National Homeless and Housing Resource Center National Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness National National Alliance to End Homelessness National National Homelessness Law Center National U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development National U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness National HSI Indiana Homeless Prevention Program Indiana HUD Indiana Housing Supports Indiana Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority Indiana Indiana Housing Now Indiana Salvation Army Indiana Indiana Volunteers of America Indiana

Indiana 211 Indiana Indiana Family & Social Services Administration Indiana Indiana Department of Health Vital Records Indiana Social Security Administration National Indiana Head Start & Early Head Start Indiana

National Domestic Violence Hotline National National Network for Youth National National Runaway Safeline National Human Rights Campaign National Exodus Refugee & Immigration Assistance Indiana Helping Veterans and Families Indiana

National Association for the Education of Homeless Children & Youth National National Center for Homeless Education National SchoolHouse Connection National United States Department of Education National Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles Indiana Indiana Department of Workforce Development Indiana

Resources, Bulletins & Family Updates

Ongoing support and communication

HCS shares relevant community resources, family support information, announcements, and McKinney-Vento-related updates through school communications and resource materials.

State & Federal Support Resources Directory Mental Health & Community Resources Resources Herron High School Family Newsletters HHS Herron-Riverside Family Newsletters HRHS Herron Preparatory Academy Family Newsletters HPA

Not sure where to start?

Contact Herron Classical Schools and we can help connect your family with appropriate school services, educational protections, and community resources.

Email Shelby Briggs 317-995-3451