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