McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Grant (Massachusetts)

 
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    CFDA#

    None
     

    Funder Type

    State Government

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

    Summary

    The purpose of these competitive federal funds is to support McKinney-Vento Homeless Education programs that ensure homeless students enroll in school, attend school, and have the opportunity to succeed in school. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act funds support the education of homeless students by addressing any or all of the following priorities:
    • programming designed to raise awareness throughout the district and community;
    • tutoring, supplemental instruction, and other educational services that help homeless students close achievement gaps;
    • before- and after-school programs, mentoring, summer programs for homeless children and youth, and services/assistance to attract, engage, and retain homeless students in these programs;
    • collaborating with external agencies to provide homeless students and families with medical, dental, mental health, and other community and state services;
    • providing violence prevention counseling, referrals to counseling and/or address the needs of homeless students who are domestic violence survivors;
    • providing supplies to non-school facilities and adapting these facilities to enable them to provide services; and providing extraordinary or emergency services to eligible students as necessary to enroll and retain them in school.

    Programs can either expand or improve services provided through a school's general academic program but cannot replace that program. To the extent practicable, activities and services are to integrate homeless and non-homeless students. Districts may provide services through programs on school grounds, at other facilities, or may use funds to enter into contracts with other agencies to provide services for homeless children and youth. McKinney-Vento funds may provide the same services to housed students to ensure that program activities integrate homeless and non-homeless students. Grant funds may neither be used to pay for the district's Homeless Education Liaison, a position required in all school districts, nor may it pay for clerical staff support.

    Priorities 4, 5, 6, and 7 each should not exceed 10% of the grant. Transportation costs may not exceed 10% of the grant and may not be used for transportation costs that are required by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

     

    History of Funding

    None is available.

    Additional Information

    Applicant school districts must include collaboration with community-based organizations through a local Homeless Education Program Services Coordination Committee or council addressing homelessness.

    Contacts

    Sarah Slautterback

    Sarah Slautterback
    Office for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
    Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
    75 Pleasant Street
    Malden, MA 02148-4906
    (781) 338-6330
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Local Education Agencies (LEAs) with 50 or more enrolled homeless students are eligible. 2 or more LEAs with a combined total of 50 or more enrolled students may apply as a consortium.

    Deadline Details

    Applications must be submitted May 30, 2014, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Similar deadlines are anticipated annually.

    Award Details

    Award amounts vary. States are awarded funding based on their proportion of the Title I, Part A federal allocation. Approximately $720,000 is available for FY15.

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