The McKinney-Vento Educational Program identifies children and youth and removes any barriers that would prevent them from attending school.  Social Service agencies collaborate  with the Caddo Parish School Board to develop and implement programs that will enhance the education of McKinney-Vento families.

The term "homeless children and youth" means individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes those:

• Living in an emergency shelter or transitional housing

• Abandoned in hospitals

• Living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camp grounds due to lack of alternative adequate accommodations

• Living in cars, parks, public spaces, abandoned buildings, substandard housing, bus or train stations or similar settings

• "Doubled up" living with friends or family due to the loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason

• An "unaccompanied youth", not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian

• Migrant children living in these conditions

• Academic remediation activities at the schools with the highest concentration of homeless children

• Individual and group counseling

• School Supplies

• Parental involvement through parenting training and educational activities provided at the shelters, and the CPSB Parent Center

• Educational and Recreational Enrichment Programs

• After-School Tutorial Program for sheltered,  scattered-site students, and schools​​

• Summer Enrichment Program

• go to school, no matter where they live or how long they have lived there​

• stay at their school of origin​

• go to the public school where they live now​

• enroll in school immediately, even without the normal paperwork​

• transportation to and from school provided by the school district

• free school meals, before and after school care, special education, and ESL services

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If you are in transition, please click on the link below, complete the forms and return to the following email address

McKinney-Vento@caddoschools.org, or fax to 318-603-6622.

Click here for McKinney-Vento Educational Enhancement Program documents.

Click here Application Guidelines

The purpose of this scholarship award is to assist McKinney-Vento students with financial support, as they pursue their academic goals after high school graduation at the junior college level, vocational/technical level or a four-year college or university. Criteria: Applicant must meet one of the requirements above and must be a graduating senior in Caddo Parish Schools in order to apply. Additional selection criteria will be listed in the application documents. A photo of the applicant must be attached to this completed application.

The Dottie Bell and Levada Palms Scholarship Application

Click here to fill out the 2023-2024 Enrollment Forms!

Once completed-email to McKinney-Vento@caddoschools.org

McKinney-Vento Law  means more than what you think...

Children without a fixed, regular, and adequate residence, families living in temporary situation falls under the McKinney-Vento Act.

Call Us:  318-603-5615   /

Email Us: www.caddoschools.org   /  

Address: 1638 Murphy Street, Shreveport, LA 71103 

Louisiana Department of Education Hotline: 1-844-533-4187 or 1-225-219-2949

National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty: 1-202-638-2535​