FY2020: McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Grant

Fund Code: 310-2

Purpose:

The purpose of these federal competitive grants is to provide funding for programs that ensure homeless students enroll in school, attend school, and have the opportunity to succeed in school.

Priorities:

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act prioritizes funds to support the education of homeless students through high quality programming (new, expanded or enhanced) in any or all of the following:

1. programming designed to raise awareness throughout the district and community;
2. tutoring, supplemental instruction, and other educational services that help homeless students close achievement gaps;
3. providing developmentally appropriate early childhood education programs, not otherwise provided through federal, state, or local funding for homeless preschool children;
4. providing services and assistance to attract, engage, and retain homeless students, particularly those that are not enrolled in school, in public school programs and services provided to housed students;
5. 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;
6. collaborating with external agencies to provide homeless students and families with medical, dental, mental health, and other community and state services;
7. providing for the meaningful involvement of homeless parents/guardians in their student's education;
8. providing violence prevention counseling, referrals to counseling and/or address the needs of homeless students who are domestic violence survivors;
9. providing supplies to non-school facilities and adapting these facilities to enable them to provide services; and
10. providing extraordinary or emergency services to eligible students as necessary to enroll and retain them in school.

Eligibility:

Districts that enrolled over 100 students who were homeless during the 2018-2019 school year and are not currently fiscal year 2020 (FY20) recipients of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Grant (FC310) may apply. Eligible districts are: Chelsea, Everett, Haverhill, Leominster, Marlborough, Milford, Peabody, Revere, Taunton, and West Springfield.

Applicant districts must include collaboration with community-based organizations through a local Homeless Education Service Coordination Committee or other established local committee or council addressing homelessness.

Funding Type:

Federal CFDA 84.196

Funding:

Approximately $140,000 is available to award FC 310-2 grants in FY20.

Using homeless student enrollment data submitted to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for the 2018-2019 school year eligible districts should submit applications based on the following funding levels:

Up to $20,000: 300 or more enrolled homeless students
Up to $15,000: 100 or more enrolled homeless students

DESE reserves the right to alter the award to each funded district.

Funding is contingent upon availability. All dollar amounts listed are estimated/approximate and are subject to change. If more funding is to become available it will be distributed under the same guideline as listed in the initial Request for Proposals (RFP) document.

Fund Use:

Programs can add, expand or improve services provided through a school's general academic program but cannot replace that program (supplement not supplant). 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 cannot be used to pay for the district's Homeless Education Liaison, a position required in all school districts unless the liaison has responsibilities for students who are homeless beyond those required by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

Grant funds cannot be used for food or to support rent for families.

Grant funds cannot be used for transportation costs that are required by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Other transportation costs may not exceed 10% of the grant.

Project Duration:

Upon approval (anticipated 1/6/2020) – 8/31/2020

Program Unit:

Student and Family Support

Contact:

Sarah Slautterback

Phone Number:

(781) 338-6330

Date Due:

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Proposals must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the date due.

Required Forms:

Part I — General — Program Unit Signature Page — (Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants)

Part II — Budget

Part III — Required Program Information (including the McKinney-Vento Budget Narrative)

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Activity Forms for FY19 and FY20 (as one document)

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Grant Assurances, and Memorandums of Understanding for the Service Coordination Committee, all as a single PDF

Additional Information:

Key Grant Requirements: All funded applicants will:

• convene a local Homeless Education Services Coordination Committee or actively participate in an established local committee/council designed to assess the needs and assist in the provision of services to the homeless student population in the district;
• attend the spring grantee meeting; and
• provide an end-of-year report.

Submission Instructions:

Please submit all application materials electronically to achievement@mass.gov.

All signature pages should be signed, scanned, and emailed as PDF documents.

All narratives and budgets should be submitted as word/excel files, not as PDFs.

Awarded Recipients: Upon award, recipients will be required to enter the approved budget, Part I in EdGrants and required documents. Once selected, recipients will be contacted with further instructions on the process.

Last Updated: November 8, 2019