Identifying Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness

This NCHE brief summarizes the key provisions of the McKinney-Vento Act related to the identification of children and youth experiencing homelessness, and provides an overview of implementation strategies at the state and local levels.
Go to Identifying Children and Youth in Homeless Situations.

This NCHE printout summarizes signs to look for when determining if a student may be experiencing homelessness.
Go to Potential Warning Signs of Homelessness.

Iowa Identification and Needs Assessment Form

This form may be used by schools to record pertinent information regarding children and youth identified as living in homeless situations. The form is useful in obtaining a cumulative count of the number of students identified, determining individual needs, maintaining student-level data, and generating summary reports of demographic data, characteristics, and needs of homeless children and youth.
Download the Iowa Identification and Needs Assessment Form.