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Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs

FY2019 Fund Code: 310

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education

Funds Allocated:$900,000 (Federal)
Funds Requested:$840,000
Purpose: The purpose of this grant program is to provide funding to school districts to ensure that homeless children and youth, including preschool children, enroll in school, attend school, and have the opportunity to succeed.
Number of Proposals Received:28
Number of Proposals Recommended:23
Number of Proposals Not Recommended:5
Result of Funding: This grant program will assist 23 school districts to provide supplemental educational programming to approximately 17,000 homeless children and youth. Individual grant awards range from $10,000 to $120,000.

RecipientsAmounts
Attleboro Public Schools$10,000
Barnstable Public Schools10,000
Boston Public Schools30,000
Brockton Public Schools20,000
Cambridge Public Schools10,000
Chicopee Public Schools10,000
Fitchburg Public Schools20,000
Framingham Public Schools35,000
Greenfield Public Schools10,000
Holyoke Public Schools105,000
Lowell Public Schools30,000
Lynn Public Schools30,000
Marshfield Public Schools10,000
New Bedford Public Schools45,000
North Adams Public Schools25,000
Orange Public Schools85,000
Quincy Public Schools10,000
Randolph Public Schools10,000
Salem Public Schools10,000
Sizer School: A North Central Charter Essential School10,000
Springfield Public Schools30,000
Weymouth Public Schools10,000
Worcester Public Schools120,000
Total Federal Funds$685,000

Last Updated: August 17, 2018

 
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