Tool Search: Homeless
The Homeless tab records basic homeless information as well as district-defined fields. The list of homeless records is sorted by Start Date.
Minnesota has defined Homeless fields that are unique to the state of Minnesota. Further information on these fields is described below. For information on all other fields, please see the Homeless article.
Homeless children and youth are defined as individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes:
- Children and youth who are:
- sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar
reason (sometimes referred to as “doubled-up”); - living in motels, hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate
accommodations; - living in emergency or transitional shelters; or,
- abandoned in hospitals.
- sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or similar
- Children and youths who have a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not
designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. - Children and youths who are living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard
housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings. - Migratory children who qualify as homeless for the purposes of this subtitle because the children are
living in circumstances described above.
Homeless Detail Fields
Minnesota Homeless Detail EditorHomeless Nighttime Residence
Use this field to describe where the homeless student resides at night.
Unaccompanied Youth
When marked, indicates the student is unaccompanied by a parent/guardian.
McKinney Vento
Use this field to indicate if the student is being served by a McKinney Vento program. This field is used for district-tracking purposes only and is not used in state reporting.
