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McKinney-Vento/Families in Transition

Richmond County Schools Homeless Student Program

The National Center for Homeless Education at The SERVE Center at UNC-Greensboro provides statewide assistance and guidance to schools through a contract with the Department of Public Instruction. NCHE website is http://center.serve.org/hepnc.  NCHEP website for further information on eligibility and rights is https://hepnc.uncg.edu/.

Eligibility for McKinney-Vento services include families or unaccompanied youth living in the following conditions:

  • In a Homeless or Domestic Violence Shelter
  • In a motel or campground due to the lack of an alternative adequate accommodation
  • In a car, park, abandoned building, bus station, or train station
  • Doubled-up with other people due to loss of housing or economic hardship
  • Living in condemned or substandard housing

Richmond County Schools McKinney Vento Count:

2021-2022:  182

2022-2023:  194

2023-2024: 188

Kim Childers

Homeless Coordinator
KimChilders@richmond.k12.nc.us
910.997.9800

Lisa Phillips

State Coordinator
NC Homeless Education Program
lphillip@serve.org