Across South Carolina, more and more families are navigating raising a child with a disability while experiencing housing instability. The following state and national resources provide assistance to organizations and parents needing supports.
South Carolina
SC Department of Education McKinney-Vento Webpage – Find Local Your McKinney-Vento Liasion
https://ed.sc.gov/policy/federal-education-programs/every-student-succeeds-act-essa-title-ixpart-
a-mckinney-vento-homeless-assistance-act/
SC Appleseed – voice for low income South Carolinians for social, legal, & economic justice.
SC Legal Services- provides free legal assistance in a wide variety of civil (non-criminal) legal matters to eligible low income residents of South Carolina
Disability Rights South Carolina – protects and advances the legal, civil and human rights of people with disabilities in South Carolina
https://www.disabilityrightssc.org/
ABLE SC – disability-led organization seeking transformational changes in systems, communities, and individuals.
National
SchoolHouse Connection: national non-profit organization working to overcome homelessness through education.
https://schoolhouseconnection.org/
ED McKinney-Vento Non -Regulatory Guidance – error with this link
https://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/essa/160240ehcyguidance072716updated0317.pdf
National Center for Homeless Education – U.S. Department of Education’s technical assistance and information center for the federal Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program.
NCHE Determining Eligibility for McKinney-Vento Rights and Services: https://nche.ed.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/det_elig.pdf
NCHE Navigating IDEA and McKinney-Vento: https://nche.ed.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nav_
idea_mv.pdf
CADRE: The Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education
National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
Understood: nonprofit empowering the 70 million people with learning and thinking differences in the United States. Understood.org