Title X Education for Homeless Children

Program Goal:

To provide support services, outreach and advocacy needed by homeless students to remain enrolled in school and to achieve the Illinois Learning Standards.

FY 05 $3,000,000 FY 06 $3,000,000 FY 07 $3,000,000 FY 08 $3,000,000 FY 09 $3,000,000 FY 10 Proposed $3,250,000

Purpose:	To address the problems that homeless children and youth face in enrolling, attending and succeeding in school. The state agency ensures that homeless children and youth have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education as provided to other children and youth.
Reimbursement / Distribution Method	Competitive grants are awarded to eligible applicants based on a request-for proposals process.  Based on successful evaluation of the assessment of the stated goals current grantees will continue to provide serves to homeless children and youth.
Population and Service Levels:	Applicants eligible to receive funding include school districts, Regional Offices of Education and public laboratory schools approved by the State Board of Education. In fiscal year 2007, eight projects were funded as follows: • One statewide initiative to deliver up-to-date information and technical assistance on the educational rights of homeless children and youth and the responsibilities of schools; and • Seven regional projects to provide training and assistance to local school district homeless education liaisons and to provide sub-grants for services to homeless children and youth and their families and their attendance centers.