Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2025
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Overview
The Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2025 aims to strengthen the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to better serve homeless children, youth, and families. It increases the time local communities have to shelter these individuals, expands the definition of ‘homeless’ to include youth experiencing domestic violence and other dangerous situations, and clarifies eligibility for programs. The bill also mandates the public availability of HMIS data and establishes rules to ensure equitable access to resources for homeless populations.
Key provisions
- Extends the time local communities have to shelter homeless children and youth to 30 days.
- Expands the definition of ‘homeless’ to include youth experiencing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking.
- Clarifies the definition of ‘child or youth defined as homeless under any other Federal program’.
- Requires the public availability of HMIS data on a yearly basis.
- Establishes rules to ensure equal priority and weighting for homeless programs and housing models.
- Modifies the definition of ‘other Federal statute’ to include specific acts related to homelessness and youth.
- Includes provisions to ensure that programs serving homeless children and youth are connected to relevant services like education and healthcare.
- Requires communities conducting homeless counts to include all homeless individuals reported by funded programs.
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