McKenny Vento Info
The primary goal of the Virtual Academy of Lafourche McKinney-Vento Program is to ensure homeless/transitional students stay in school by removing barriers to attendance.
This is done by the following:
Providing school supplies/backpacks
Providing school uniforms
Providing after school tutoring
Payment of school fees
Documentation (birth certificates, immunization records, etc.)
Case management
Referral to community resources for student and their families
Who is considered homeless under the McKinney-Vento Act?
A student without a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence is homeless. The definition does not change whether the student is living with a parent or is separated from parents. Under the McKinney-Vento Act, a student is homeless if he/she has a primary residence that is any of the following:
Families doubled-up with friends or family, this includes families in which children and parents are in separate places
Hotels or motels
Families/individuals living in parks or camping areas
Shelter/transitional living (i.e. disaster, domestic violence, homeless)
Displaced due to natural disaster, lack of financial resources, etc.
Vehicles or on the street
Runaway or throwaway teens; abandoned children
Families residing in sub-standard housing in need of great repair or with no utilities (i.e. running water, electricity)
Community Resources
-Lafourche Parish Office of Community Action (985) 537-7603 or 1-800-794-3160
-Thibodaux Office of Housing and Community Development (985) 446-7217
-Good Samaritan Thrift Store/Food Bank (985) 537-7706
-St. Genevieve Helping Hands (985) 446-5571
-Salvation Army (985) 447-2520
-The Work Connection (985) 446-3016
-Lafourche Parish Medicaid Office (985) 449-5021 or 1-800-401-0132
-Lafourche Parish Mental Health (985) 537-2638
-Catholic Social Services (985) 876-0490
-LA. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
Section 8 Vouchers 1-800-955-2232
Foreclosure Relief Center 1-888-297-8685
