Homeless Youth Quiz






    My School My Rights – Youth Homelessness Quiz

    Answer the following questions to learn whether you qualify as “homeless.” If so, you have additional educational rights.

    QUESTION

    Are you staying in another person’s housing, such as a friend’s or relative’s?

    Yes
    No

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    QUESTION

    Are you staying in another person’s housing because of economic hardship or loss of housing?

    Economic hardship
    Loss of housing
    Neither

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    QUESTION

    Are you staying in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or camping ground?

    Yes
    No

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    QUESTION

    Are you staying in a motel, hotel, trailer park, or camping ground because you do not have other adequate housing?

    Yes
    No

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    QUESTION

    Are you living in an emergency shelter or transitional shelter, such as a youth shelter, family shelter, domestic violence shelter, or transitional living program?

    Yes
    No

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    QUESTION

    Have you been abandoned in a hospital?

    Yes
    No

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    QUESTION

    Are you staying in a private or public place not designed for or usually used for sleeping?

    Yes
    No

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    QUESTION

    Are you living in a car, park, public space, abandoned building, bus or train station, or camping ground?

    Yes
    No

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    QUESTION

    Are you living in “substandard housing?”

    Yes
    No

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    QUESTION

    Are you staying in a nighttime residence that is “fixed?”

    Yes
    No

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    QUESTION

    Are you staying in a nighttime residence that is “regular?”

    Yes
    No

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    QUESTION

    Are you staying in a nighttime residence that is “adequate?”

    Yes
    No

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    YOUR SITUATION

    You may be considered “homeless” and would have more educational rights.

    Learn more about your rights here. If you think your rights have been violated, contact us.

    Click the continue button to answer questions to decide if you also qualify as “unaccompanied.”

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    YOUR SITUATION

    You may be considered an “unaccompanied youth” and would have more educational rights. Learn more about your rights here.

    If you think your rights have been violated, contact us.

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    YOUR SITUATION

    If you are not experiencing homelessness or are living with a parent or guardian, you may not be considered an “unaccompanied youth.” To be sure, contact your school district’s liaison for students experiencing homelessness. Learn more about your liaison here.

    However, based on your previous answers, you may be considered “homeless” and would have more educational rights. Learn more about your rights here.

    If you think your rights have been violated, contact us.

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    YOUR SITUATION

    If you did not fit into any of the examples or definitions discussed previously, you may not be considered homeless. To be sure, contact your school district’s liaison for students experiencing homelessness. Learn more about your liaison here.

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

The rights described on this Know Your Rights website apply to California public schools.

The American Civil Liberties Union of California is a collaboration of
the ACLU of Northern California, the ACLU of Southern California, and the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties

www.aclunc.org  www.aclusocal.org  www.aclusandiego.org