FYO8 McKinneyVento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Grant Program Application

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FYO8McKinney-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

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FY08 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.

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Timeline 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

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Section 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

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SubgrantsSection 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.

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SubgrantsSection 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.

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SubgrantsSection 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

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Review 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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No. 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.

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Questions?
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Contact Information

• Christie.Lentz_at_state.tn.us
• [phone]