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Education for Homeless Children and Youths - Grants for State and Local Activities
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Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is intended to ensure that homelessness does not cause children to be left behind in school.. No Related Topics Found Get More! Subscribe to . Provide Feedback with our • • • • • • • • • • • • Education for Homeless Children and YouthsGrants for State and Local Activities Purpose FAQs Purpose Program Office: CFDA Number: 84.196 Program Type: Formula Grants Each year, over 800,000 children and youth in the United States experience homelessness. Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is intended to ensure that homelessness does not cause these children to be left behind in school. Formula grants are made to the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico based on each States share of Title I funds. The outlying areas and the Bureau of Indian Affairs also receive funds. Among other things, the program supports an Office for Coordination of Education of Homeless Children and Youths in each State, which gathers comprehensive information about homeless children and youths and the impediments to their regular attendance at school. These grants also help State educational agencies ensure that homeless children, including preschoolers and youths, have equal access to free and appropriate public education. States must review and revise laws and practices that impede such equal access. States are required to have an approved plan for addr
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access, education, compensatory, education, disadvantaged, disadvantaged, youth, homeless, people, poverty, elementary, secondary, education, federal, homeless links |
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http://www.ed.gov/programs/homeless/ | Archived |
