Chapter 33: The definition of homelessness in the 2004 revision of Chapter 33, EDUCATING THE HOMELESS, p.1 Education [281] IAC 7/7/04 is given below:

“Homeless child or youth” is defined as a child or youth from the age of 3 years through 21 years

who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence and includes the following:

1. A child or youth who is sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic

hardship, or a similar reason; is living in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations; is living in an emergency or transitional shelter; is abandoned in a hospital; or is awaiting foster care placement;

2. A child or youth who has a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not

designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings;

3. A child or youth who is living in a car, park, public space, abandoned building, substandard

housing, bus or train station, or similar setting; or

4. A migratory child or youth who qualifies as homeless because the child or youth is living in

circumstances described in paragraphs “1” through “3” above.