The PWCS McKinney-Vento (MKV) program provides the following educational rights and benefits to students who meet the homeless definition. The overall goal of McKinney-Vento is to remove enrollment barriers and offer school stability during a time of housing instability.
Students who qualify for MKV will receive ...
- Immediate school enrollment/attendance with enrollment barriers being removed ...
- No residency proof will be required for purposes of school enrollment
- However, in some situations, the PWCS MKV Liaison has the option to request information/documentation regarding the student's housing situation as needed.
- Student can enroll/attend without producing birth certificate, physical and/or immunization record at time of immediate enrollment.
- Birth certificate will need to be provided to the school office within 90 days of enrollment per PWCS regulation. Schools may request that a Birth Certificate Affidavit be completed at time of immediate enrollment which is permissible. Schools cannot require that the affidavit be notarized as that can be viewed as a barrier.
- Immunizations/physical must be produced to the school office within 60 days of enrollment per PWCS regulation.
- Automatic approval for free school meals for the school year
- Participation in school activities
- (The MKV program is not required to provide afterschool transportation services.)
- Option of remaining in same school (if determined to be in the student's best interest) even if the student/family move outside of school boundaries and/or into permanent housing during the school year in which the student qualifies for MKV
- School transportation (when determined to be feasible by MKV Liaison) for students to remain in the same school (school of origin) while residing outside of school boundaries (during the school year in which the student qualifies for MKV)
The information that you provide on this MKV Eligibility Form helps the PWCS McKinney-Vento (MKV) Liaison to gather the details of the student's housing/family story in order to determine if the situation meets the MKV definition for homelessness. Additional information may be requested. Each student is assessed case-by-case. If a student is approved for the MKV program, the status is valid only for the school year in which the student qualifies. The MKV status is confidential. If you encounter any challenges with completing/submitting this form, email the MKV Liaison, Tami Eppolite at EppoliTF@pwcs.edu.
The MKV status is valid only for the school year in which the student is approved … it does not automatically roll over to the next school year. If you feel that the student’s situation might qualify for MKV next school year, please submit a new MKV Eligibility Form over the summer. We start accepting new Eligibility Forms on July 15th every summer. It is best to submit the form in mid/late July or very early August to avoid the late rush which can slow down the processing time. You can access the application from the link on our PWCS MKV Webpage which can be found at Homelessness - Prince William County Public Schools (pwcs.edu). It is a case-by-case decision each school year.NOTE: We are experiencing an extremely high number of McKinney-Vento (MKV) Eligibility Forms and MKV Transportation Forms being submitted this week and we are processing them in the order in which they are received. Once a student is approved for MKV status, then at that time we are able to begin processing transportation requests. If we are able to setup transportation, it generally takes the team 3-5 work days to develop a plan and start services; however, due to the increase in requests, it might take longer. Please complete the following questions for the student(s) to be considered for the PWCS McKinney-Vento Program for 2024-25 ...
This question requires a valid date format of MM/DD/YYYY.
If there are younger siblings (NON school aged) in the family in the same housing situation, please list their names and ages:
(include room/suite/unit number if applicable)
This question requires a valid number format.
If you have a housing or agency case manager, supply their contact information below:
Copy of Hotel/Motel Receipt can be Uploaded Here
If the student/family are temporarily doubled-up due to hardship, who is the host home provider?
OPTIONAL - We never want to jeopardize the host home provider's situation so please do not give out information that could put their housing at risk.
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