Homeless Services
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ensures educational rights and protections for children and youth experiencing homelessness. All decisions regarding homeless children and youth are made in accordance with what is the best decision for the student.
MCKINNEY-VENTO DEFINITION OF HOMELESS
42 U.S.C. § 11434a(2)
The term “homeless children and youth”—
(A) means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and
adequate nighttime residence...; and
(B) includes —
i. children and youths who are sharing the housing of
other persons due to loss of housing, economic
hardship, or a similar reason; are living in motels,
hotels, trailer parks, or camping grounds due to the
lack of alternative adequate accommodations; are
living in emergency or transitional shelters; or are
abandoned in hospitals;
ii. 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...;
iii. children and youths who are living in cars, parks,
public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard
housing, bus or train stations, or similar settings;
and
iv. migratory children...who qualify as homeless for the
purposes of this subtitle because the children are
living in circumstances described in clauses (i)
through (iii).
Local Resources
Paris Lamar County Health District
http://www.parislamarhealth.
400 W. Sherman, Paris, Texas 75460
903-785-4561
Downtown Food Pantry
http://www.downtownfoodpantry.
124 W. Cherry St., Paris, Texas 75460
903-737-8870
TEA -Texas Education for Homeless Children and Youth (TEHCY) Program
TECHY - Texas Education for Homeless Children and Youth
Texas Homeless Education Office
1-800-466-3142
Chisum ISD Homeless Liaison
Cheryl Garrison
903-737-2830