Fourteen districts or charter schools will benefit from McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Education for Homeless Children and Youth grants to facilitate the enrollment, attendance, and success in school of children and youth experiencing homelessness. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act defines homeless children and youth as individuals who lack a fixed, adequate, and regular nighttime residence.

The competitive grant application was open to Delaware public school systems to provide temporary, special, and supplementary services to meet the unique needs of homeless children and youth. Goals of the grant include ensuring that students experiencing homelessness have equal access to the same free, appropriate, public education, including public preschool education, as provided to other children and youth, assisting with immediate enrollment, transportation, and removing educational barriers.

Some examples of uses are, but are not limited to:

• Tutoring
• Transportation
• Referral services for medical, dental, mental and other health services including providing eye glasses
• Clothing
• Food
• Payment of certain fees associated with student records including birth certificates, immunizations, and/or special programs or services
• Staff training
• School supplies
• Short-term, temporary housing

Grant awardees are:

• Academia Antonia Alonso Charter School ($30,000)
• Appoquinimink School District ($30,000)
• Brandywine School District ($30,000)
• Caesar Rodney School District ($30,000)
• Cape Henlopen School District ($20,872)
• Capital School District ($30,000)
• Christina School District ($30,000)
• Indian River School District ($30,000)
• Milford School District ($15,000)
• New Castle County Vocational Technical ($26,000)
• Seaford School District ($30,000)
• Smyrna School District ($30,000)
• Sussex Montessori Charter School ($30,000)
• Woodbridge School District ($30,000)

Media contact: Alison May, alison.may@doe.k12.de.us, 302-735-4006

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