Tag: #UHY

Making Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determinations: A Tool for Financial Aid Administrators For the 2024-2025 FAFSA

Making Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determinations: A Tool for Financial Aid Administrators For the 2024-2025 FAFSA

This form may be completed by a financial aid administrator (FAA) who is evaluating a student’s eligibility for independent student status. There is no official federal form that FAAs are required to use for unaccompanied homeless youth determinations; this form is provided as an optional tool to assist with this task.

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Published May 2024


Unaccompanied Youth Eligibility Flowchart

Unaccompanied Youth Eligibility Flowchart

This NCHE flowchart provides a simple process of determining the McKinney-Vento eligibility of students living apart from parents and guardians. Using common living arrangements, it guides users to make accurate determinations of a student’s eligibility as an unaccompanied homeless youth.

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Published


Supporting the Education of Unaccompanied Students Experiencing Homelessness

Supporting the Education of Unaccompanied Students Experiencing Homelessness

This NCHE brief identifies the key provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act related to the education of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness and suggests strategies for implementation.

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Published October 2022


Meeting the Educational Needs of Students Displaced by Disasters: Youth on their Own

Meeting the Educational Needs of Students Displaced by Disasters: Youth on their Own

This NCHE brief explains how the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act applies to unaccompanied youth displaced by disaster and how the Act can assist these students in accessing education and other needed support services.

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Published Fall 2015


Increasing Access to Higher Education for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth: Information for Colleges and Universities

Increasing Access to Higher Education for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth: Information for Colleges and Universities

Many unaccompanied homeless youth have higher education aspirations, but find the barriers to enrollment and attendance to be overwhelming. This NCHE brief provides a better understanding of unaccompanied homeless youth and the educational and other challenges they face, a summary of federal education legislation that gives unaccompanied homeless youth access to important educational supports, and samples of promising practices implemented by high schools, colleges, and universities to assist unaccompanied homeless youth in succeeding in college.

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Published January 2024


Making Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determinations: A Tool for Financial Aid Administrators For the 2022-2023 FAFSA

Making Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determinations: A Tool for Financial Aid Administrators For the 2022-2023 FAFSA

This form may be completed by a financial aid administrator (FAA) who is evaluating a student’s eligibility for independent student status. There is no official federal form that FAAs are required to use for unaccompanied homeless youth determinations; this form is provided as an optional tool to assist with this task.

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Published 2022-2023


Meeting the Educational Needs of Students Displaced by Disasters: Youth on Their Own

Meeting the Educational Needs of Students Displaced by Disasters: Youth on Their Own

This NCHE brief describes the challenges faced by youth on their own who have become homeless due to a disaster; explains basic provisions of the McKinney-Vento Act relevant to serving unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness; and provides strategies for local educational agencies (LEAs) and relief agencies to put into place to serve unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness before and after a disaster occurs.

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Published December 2022


Making Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determinations: A Tool for Financial Aid Administrators For the 2021-2022 FAFSA

Making Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determinations: A Tool for Financial Aid Administrators For the 2021-2022 FAFSA

This form may be completed by a financial aid administrator (FAA) who is evaluating a student’s eligibility for independent student status. There is no official federal form that FAAs are required to use for unaccompanied homeless youth determinations; this form is provided as an optional tool to assist with this task.

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Published 2021-2022


Making Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determinations: A Tool for Financial Aid Administrators For the 2023-2024 FAFSA

Making Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Determinations: A Tool for Financial Aid Administrators For the 2023-2024 FAFSA

This form may be completed by a financial aid administrator (FAA) who is evaluating a student’s eligibility for independent student status. There is no official federal form that FAAs are required to use for unaccompanied homeless youth determinations; this form is provided as an optional tool to assist with this task.

Click here for Full PDF

Published 2022


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