I would like to send a special thank you to the volunteers, GCPS staff members, community and state organizations and agencies, businesses, law enforcement, NC McKinney-Vento team members, students, parents, and individual donors who donated to and/or contributed in some way to the 2nd Annual GCPS McKinney-Vento STOP & Drop off Hope donation drive and the Inaugural GCPS McKinney-Vento Housing and Community Resource Fair during the 2024 National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week #HHWeek. Your contributions to Granville County students and families in transition made both events a huge success !!!
FOOD LION
Christian Faith Center
Strong Arm Baking Company
Tru Soul Food Kitchen
Don Murray BBQ2Go
Georges Restaurant
Family Diner
Daisy Garden Club
Oxford Housing Authority
Harbor House
Hope House
North Carolina Coalition to End Homelessness
North Carolina Homeless Education Program
Masonic Home for Children at Oxford - Community Support Center
Area Congregations in Ministry (ACIM)
GCPS Early Childhood Program and Cradle to Class
FGV - N.C. Smart Start
Church and Community Ministries (CCM)
Granville County DSS
Granville-Vance Public Health
Granville County Coalition to End Homelessness
Oxford Police Department
Masonic Home for Children at Oxford - Community Support Center
Ms. Niki Taylor - "Resiliency" Guest Speaker
McKinney-Vento definition of homelessness: a child or youth is homeless who lacks a fixed, regular, or adequate night-time residence.
The following living situations "may" allow someone to qualify under McKinney-Vento law:
Living temporarily for economic reasons due to a natural disaster or fire.
Living with a friend, relative or with someone else because they lost their home or because of some other hardship.
Staying in a motel or hotel due to a lack of housing.
Living in an emergency transitional shelter or domestic violence shelter.
Staying in substandard housing.
Living in a car, park or public place, abandoned building or bus station.
Living in a campground or an inadequate trailer home.
Living in a runaway or homeless youth shelter.
Youth living on their own or with someone who is not the parent/guardian due to challenging circumstances.
For information about McKinney-Vento federal legislation, please see the link below:
https://nche.ed.gov/legislation/mckinney-vento/
