This April 14, 2009 webinar, hosted by NCHE, in collaboration with NAEH, NAEHCY, HUD, and US ED, discusses the role school districts can play in collaborating with HUD programs to serve homeless families or families at risk of becoming homeless through the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program authorized under the ARRA.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law on February 17, 2009, allocates an additional $70 million for the Education for Homeless Children and Youths (EHCY) Program. Learn more about the act and other resources here.
This document offers a summary of the Educational Success for Children and Youth Without Homes Act of 2009 and the Fostering Success in Education Act of 2009, introduced in the senate in November 2009 by Senators Patty Murray and Al Franken.