This brief provides important information to service providers on the requirements under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (subsequently referred to in this brief as the McKinney-Vento Act), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The McKinney-Vento Act ensures educational rights and protections for homeless children and youth. The brief will enable service providers to understand: (1) Which children are eligible under the definition in the law; (2) What rights and services school districts provide; (3) How the law is implemented in school districts; and (4) How community agencies and school districts can coordinate services for homeless children and youth more effectively. [For a previous edition of this paper (January 2016), see ED574613.]