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Education for Homeless Children and Youth

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

84.196

Program objective

To ensure that all homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education available to other children, the Education for Homeless Children and Youth program provides assistance to States to: (1) establish or designate an Office of Coordinator for Education of Homeless Children and Youths; (2) develop and carry out a State plan for the education of homeless children; and (3) make subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to support the education of those children.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    No Current Data Available.

  2. 2017

    No Current Data Available.

  3. 2018

    No Current Data Available.

  4. 2019

    Made grants to 56 State educational agencies.

  5. 2021

    Made grants to 56 State educational agencies.

  6. 2023

    Made grants to 56 State educational agencies.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Guidance for the Education for Homeless Children and Youth program may be obtained from the Headquarters Office contact below.

  1. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Title VII, Subtitle B.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Education

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Child (6-15)
  • Education (0-8)
  • Education (9-12)
  • Individual/Family
  • Local
  • Low Income
  • State
  • Student/Trainee
  • Youth (16-21)

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