Description

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 USC § 11431 et seq.) ensures educational rights and protections for children and youths experiencing homelessness. The McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youths Program (McKinney-Vento) is designed to address the problems that homeless children and youths have faced in enrolling, attending, and succeeding in school. Under this program, the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) must ensure that each homeless child and youth has equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as other children and youths.
The SCDE will award McKinney-Vento competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve the identification, enrollment, attendance, and success in school of homeless children and youths. McKinney-Vento funds can be used to provide activities for and services to homeless children and youths, including preschool-aged homeless children, that enable them to enroll in, attend, and succeed in school or preschool programs.

Program Office

Office of Federal and State Accountability

Eligible Applicants

All SC public school districts

Total Funding Available

$1,500,000

Funding Detail

Award amounts will be determined based on demonstrated need for assistance, the quality of applications received, and total funding requested.

Project Term

July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2025

Application Due Date

August 15, 2022

Technical Assistance Session

The Office of Federal and State Accountability (OFSA) provided pre-application technical assistance webinar on June 30, 2022. Contact Birley Wright for a link to the recording.

Documents

McKinney-Vento Request for Proposals (DOCX, 4.34mb - Revised 7/7/22)
Online Application
Budget Narrative Template (XLSX, 33kb - Revised 7/19/22)
Timeline of Activities Template (DOCX, 35kb - 6/24/22)

Program Web Page

McKinney-Vento Program