Funding Opportunity: American Rescue Plan - Homeless Children and Youth Technical Assistance Center
On Thursday, March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) into law. In recognition of the extraordinary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students experiencing homelessness, the ARP included an unprecedented $800 million to support the specific needs of homeless children and youth via the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief – Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) Fund. State educational agencies and local educational agencies (LEAs) must use ARP-HCY funds to identify homeless children and youth, to provide homeless children and youth with wrap-around services to address the challenges of COVID-19, and to enable homeless children and youth to attend school and fully participate in school activities. The New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Office of ESSA-Funded Programs is seeking proposals for an ARP-HCY Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to carry out the responsibilities of administering the ARP-HCY funds which includes, but is not limited to: developing and implementing monitoring protocols to support the effective oversight of ARP-HCY funds; data collection, analysis and reporting; and providing on-demand technical support to LEAs on the strategic use of multiple fund sources to support the identification, enrollment, and school participation of children and unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness, including providing wrap-around services to address the challenges of COVID-19. ARP-HCY TAC will work with NYSED’s Office of ESSA-Funded Programs to assist LEAs on how to best leverage both ARP-HCY funds and dedicated homeless funding to support children and youth experiencing homelessness.
On Thursday, March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) into law. In recognition of the extraordinary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students experiencing homelessness, the ARP included an unprecedented $800 million to support the specific needs of homeless children and youth via the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief – Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) Fund. State educational agencies and local educational agencies (LEAs) must use ARP-HCY funds to identify homeless children and youth, to provide homeless children and youth with wrap-around services to address the challenges of COVID-19, and to enable homeless children and youth to attend school and fully participate in school activities. The New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Office of ESSA-Funded Programs is seeking proposals for an ARP-HCY Technical Assistance Center (TAC) to carry out the responsibilities of administering the ARP-HCY funds which includes, but is not limited to: developing and implementing monitoring protocols to support the effective oversight of ARP-HCY funds; data collection, analysis and reporting; and providing on-demand technical support to LEAs on the strategic use of multiple fund sources to support the identification, enrollment, and school participation of children and unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness, including providing wrap-around services to address the challenges of COVID-19. ARP-HCY TAC will work with NYSED’s Office of ESSA-Funded Programs to assist LEAs on how to best leverage both ARP-HCY funds and dedicated homeless funding to support children and youth experiencing homelessness.
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