The California Department of Education is accepting applications from school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools, to implement a Homeless Innovative Programs grant, aligned with the provisions of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Title 42 of the United States Code, Section 11431 et seq.) to improve the educational stability, access, support, and academic achievement of children and youth experiencing homelessness.
Donor Name: California Department of Education
State: California
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/29/2022
Size of the Grant: $450,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Funding Information
- The total for the two years MUST not exceed $450,000.
- The successful applicant will be approved for a two-year project period from July 1, 2022, through September 30,2024.
Eligibility Criteria
- For the purpose of this grant, eligible applicants are school districts, charter schools, and COEs. All LEAs are eligible and encouraged to apply. Applicants must have the capacity and willingness to support/engage in statewide professional and resource development activities such as communication, outreach, training, and scaling up the model of innovative practice (MIP) for distribution and web page posting.
- Selected HIP grantees will utilize the two-year grant funds to scale up their innovative practice(s)and develop an MIP toolkit. The MIP is a practice that has been developed to meet an identified need to improve educational experiences for infants, preschoolers, students, and students transitioning to college, who are experiencing homelessness. This practice must be innovative in nature and elevates the standard of ordinary program practices. The practice an include, but is not limited to: unique outreach, expanded collaboration efforts, case management supports, internal support team efforts ,expanded professional development approaches, family outreach and wrap-around type services, community identification expansion efforts, and targeted inequity solutions. Through statewide outreach in year two, HIP grantees will actively disseminate MIPs to other LEAs who serve students experiencing homelessness.The MIP may serve targeted students experiencing homelessness from cradle to college.
For more information, visit California Department of Education.
