Title: FYO8 McKinneyVento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Grant Program Application
1FYO8McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless
Children and Youth Grant Program Application
- Tennessee Department of Education
- WebEx Technical Assistance Call
- May 7, 2007
- Christie Lentz, State Homeless Education Project
Director
2FY08 McKinney-Vento Subgrants
- Discretionary (Competitive) 1 year grant. States
allocation is based on Title I A funding - FY08 Preliminary Allocations--Reduction in
funding from FY07 - Number of grants, Amount of grants to be
awarded--yet to be determined - LEAs reimbursement on a monthly/quarterly
basissupporting documentation required - Reporting requirementsSelf-monitoring
Evaluation Data (CSPR) and Fiscal Reporting to
process reimbursements, requests to modify
budgets, FACTS quarterly reporting, etc.
3Timeline for FY08 McKinney-Vento Subgrants
- May 1, 2007Application announcement made
statewide via email to liaisons, coordinators,
Title I Directors, Federal Programs Directors,
etc. - Application to be posted to Homeless
Education website at http//www.tennessee.gov/educ
ation/fedprog/doc/fphomelessapp.doc - June 5, 2007Application deadline See
specifics in application. - LEAs submit applications.
- June 2007Application reading by team of
objective readers - June/July 2007Final grants determined and Grants
awarded/ Grants posted to FACTS - FY08 Subgrants July 2, 2007-June 30, 2008No
Carryover
4Section 723 LEA Subgrants for the Education of
Homeless Children and Youths http//www.ed.gov/pol
icy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg116.htmlsec723
- General Authority--Permits SA to make subgrants
to LEAs for the purpose of facilitating the
enrollment, attendance, and success in school of
homeless children and youths - Requirements of the Applicationpage 4 of
Application also, Collaboration requirement in
TNs applicationSee p. 7. - Awards
- Authorized Activities
5SubgrantsSection 723--Awards
- AwardsMust be given on the basis of need and the
quality of the applications submitted - Inclusion of certain Needs itemspermissive by
SEA QualityInclusion of 8 items required by SEA - Quality itemsScoring Rubric
- A) The applicant's needs assessment under
subsection (b)(1) and the likelihood that the
program presented in the application will meet
such needs. - (B) The types, intensity, and coordination of the
services to be provided under the program. - (C) The involvement of parents or guardians of
homeless children or youths in the education of
their children.
6SubgrantsSection 723--Awards
- (D) The extent to which homeless children and
youths will be integrated within the regular
education program. - (E) The quality of the applicant's evaluation
plan for the program. - (F) The extent to which services provided under
this subtitle will be coordinated with other
services available to homeless children and
youths and their families. - (G) Such other measures as the State educational
agency considers indicative of a high-quality
program, such as the extent to which the local
educational agency will provide case management
or related services to unaccompanied youths.
7SubgrantsSection 723Authorized Activities
- 16 activitieslocated in (d) of this section of
the law - Pages 4-6 of grant application
- Purpose of grants to support the educational
needs of homeless students
8Review of Required Application Contents
- The application must include all of the
following - ? Title Pagep. 10
- ? Signed Statement of Assurancesp. 11
- ? Documentation of Collaborationp. 12
- Narrative in all categories (Needs Assessment,
Action Plan and Evaluation, Raising Awareness and
Eliminating Barriers, Program Details, and
Parental Involvement)pp. 13-14 details p. 15
form - Homeless Education Liaison Formp. 16
- Budgetp. 17form p. 18 definitions.
- (See p. 9 of
Application.) - Reminder pp. 2430 of the Application-- scoring
document to be used by the Application Readers -
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9No. of Copies/Submission Address
- The original and three (3) copies of the
application should be sent by certified mail or
hand delivered to - Tennessee Department of Education
- Christie Lentz, Homeless Education Project
Director - Office of Federal Programs
- 5th Floor - Andrew Johnson Tower
- 710 James Robertson Parkway
- Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0379
- Applications must be postmarked or hand delivered
to the above address no later than Tuesday, June
5, 2007. See p. 9 of App.
10Questions?
11Contact Information
- Christie.Lentz_at_state.tn.us
- (931)381-7055