2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 20. Education
ARTICLE 50. HOMELESS CHILDREN AND FOSTER CARE CHILDREN
CHAPTER 1. School Corporation Liaison for Homeless Children
20-50-1-1. "Homeless child"

     Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "homeless child" means a minor who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

     (b) The term includes:

(1) a child who:

(A) shares the housing of other persons due to the child's loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason;

(B) lives in a motel, hotel, or campground due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;

(C) lives in an emergency or transitional shelter;

(D) is abandoned in a hospital or other place not intended for general habitation; or

(E) is awaiting foster care placement;

(2) a child 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 who lives in a car, a park, a public space, an abandoned building, a bus station, a train station, substandard housing, or a similar setting; and

(4) a child of a migratory worker who lives in circumstances described in subdivisions (1) through (3).

As added by P.L.133-2008, SEC.3.