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Children who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime abode are eligible for McKinney-Vento services. In general, children or youth living in motels, transitional housing, shelters, the street, cars, abandoned buildings, and other inadequate accommodations may be considered eligible for McKinney Vento services. This includes, but is not limited to, the following groups: 

• Doubled-up Children: Living with another family due to lack of a permanent residence 
• Children in shelters: Including transitional living programs 
• Children living in motels: Due to lack of alternative adequate living situation 
• Migratory children: If accommodations are not fit for habitation 
• Runaways*: Children who left home and live in a shelter or inadequate accommodations, even if parents are willing to provide a home 
• Lockouts*: Children whose parents or guardians will not permit them to live at home

 *These two categories are unaccompanied homeless youth. These children are not in the physical custody of their parents or court-ordered guardians and lack a fixed, regular, and adequate abode.