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16 Geo. J. on Poverty L. & Pol'y 53 (2009)
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Subtitle B - Education for Homeless Children and Youths Program: Turning Good Law into Effective Education - 2008 Update

handle is hein.journals/geojpovlp16 and id is 55 raw text is: Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy Volume XVI, Number 1, Winter 2009 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act Subtitle B-Education for Homeless Children and Youths Program: Turning Good Law into Effective Education 2008 Update John H. Wong, Ph.D., Lynda Thistle Elliott, Ed.D., Shelly Reed, Wendy Ross, Patricia McGuirk, Louis Tallarita, & Kim Chouinard* TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ............................................... 55 INTRODUCTION ........................................... 57 A. Homelessness-a Systemic Crisis ..................... 57 B. Family Homelessness ............................. 58 C. Article Organization .............................. 59 I. TIHE McKINNEY VENTO HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT ........... 60 A. Funding for Education for Homeless Children and Youth ... 60 B. McKinney-Vento Grants ........................... 60 C. McKinney-Vento Sub-Grants ........................ 60 D. A Note on Homeless Count Methodology ............... 66 II. NATIONAL HOMELESS EDUCATION PROGRAM ..................... 66 A. National Data Collection ............................ 66 B. Number of Homeless Children and Youth ............... 67 C. Primary Nighttime Residence of Homeless Families ....... 69 D. Subpopulations of Homeless Students .................. 70 E. LEA Services to Homeless Children and Youth ........... 71 F. Number of Sub-Grantees Providing Support Services ...... 72 G. National and State Level Analyses .................... 73 * John Wong, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, dedicates this Article to his grandmother,' who turned 101 years old in 2008. He is currently on disability leave from work in domestic and international education research and development. The second author of this Article was Lynda Thistle Elliott, Ed.D., Argosy University, State Coordinator for the New Hampshire Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program. Shelley Reed, State Coordinator for the Maine Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program, assisted Dr. Elliott and was Third Author. Wendy Ross, Patricia McGuirk, Louis Tallarita, and Kim Chouinard are State Coordinators for the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Programs in Vermont, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, respectively. © 2009, John H. Wong, Lynda Thistle Elliott, Shelley Reed, Wendy Ross, Patricia McGuirk, Louis Tallarita, and Kim Chouinard

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