Homeless Education Disaster Assistance Program

 

To provide assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) whose enrollment of homeless students has increased as a result of a natural disaster that occurred in calendar year 2008.

Deleted 01/15/2013 (Archived.) 84.383 Agency: Department of Education
Office: Office of Postsecondary Education FORMULA GRANTS Not Applicable. Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, Div. B, Title I, Chapter 7 , Public Law 110-329. LEAs that have at least 50 students enrolled in one or more grades kindergarten through grade 12 who became homeless in 2008 as a result of a natural disaster that the President has declared under Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Assistance and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974. Those disasters are listed on the web site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at: http://www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema?year=2008. Students identified as homeless as provided in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act, as amended. Such students include homeless preschool students, and are not limited to those students who became homeless as a result of a natural disaster. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. Environmental impact information is not required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-102. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. Eligible LEAs seeking funds under the Homeless Education Disaster Assistance Program funds must submit an electronic application to the Department. The application must include, among other things, data indicating the number of students in kindergarten through grade twelve who became homeless as a result of a natural disaster that occurred in 2008. The Department made one-time grant awards directly to eligible LEAs based on a formula outlined in the notice inviting applications published in the Federal Register. Not Applicable. 120 days. Not Applicable. Not Applicable. The Department awarded funds to individual LEAs or a consortium of LEAs that had a minimum of 50 students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve who became homeless because of a natural disaster that occurred during 2008. The Department made grant awards to all eligible LEAs that apply using a formula that was based on the number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve who became homeless as a result of a natural disaster that occurred in 2008. Activities supported with program funds must be allowable under section 723(d) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Funds may be used to assist any homeless student in the schools of the LEA, including homeless preschool students, and is not limited to those students who became homeless as a result of a natural disaster. The LEA may use the funds to support future activities, as well as to reimburse itself for costs incurred in carrying out activities during 2008, designed to help homeless students enroll in, attend, or succeed in school. Grantees are subject to the reporting requirements contained in Parts 76 and 80 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Expenditure reports are not applicable. Performance monitoring is not applicable. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. All grantees are subject to the provisions of the Single Audit Act. All grantees must maintain and complete records as provided in EDGAR. Statutory Formula: Title I, Division B, Chapter 7, Public Law 110-329.
Matching Requirements: The Department awarded Homeless Education Disaster Assistance program funds directly to eligible LEAs that applied using a formula based on the number of students enrolled in one or more grades kindergarten through grade twelve who became homeless as a result of a natural disaster that occurred in 2008. Specifically, the Department calculated each LEA's award amount based on the quotient obtained by dividing the number of its enrolled students in kindergarten through grade twelve who became homeless as a result of a natural disaster that occurred in 2008 by the total number of such students for all LEAs submitting an application.
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program. Homeless Education Disaster Assistance Program funds became available for obligation upon receipt of those funds by an LEA. Funds remain available for obligation by an LEA for an initial period of availability that expires on September 30, 2009. Under section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act, an LEA may carry over any funds that remain unobligated after September 30, 2009 and has an additional 12 months to obligate such funds. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Electronic transfer. None. John McLaughlin, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20202 Email: John.Mclaughlin@ed.gov Phone: (202) 401-0962. http://www.ed.gov/programs/heda/index.html 91-1000-0-1-501. (Formula Grants) FY 09 $15,000,000; FY 10 $0; FY 11 $0 No Data Available. 34 CFR 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 97, 98, and 99. The Department published in the Federal Register a notice inviting invitation, which provides instructions and criteria for LEAs to use in applying for these funds. The Department is also in the process of developing additional guidance and instructions for States to use in applying for these funds. Not Applicable.