Source: SchoolHouse Connection
Many immigrant students and families experience homelessness upon arrival to the United States. Often, they are fleeing violence or natural disasters in other countries. Initially, they may stay with family or acquaintances due to the loss of their housing and/or economic hardship; these living situations typically meet the definition of homelessness in the McKinney-Vento Act. Many families who receive resettlement services upon arrival cannot sustain housing when that support ends in a few weeks or months.