PAID ADVERTISEMENT Region 4 Education Service Center distributes COVID recovery funds to aid homeless students
Region 4 Education Service Center Texas Education for Homeless Children & Youth Program
Ongoing efforts to help students affected by homelessness is a top priority every year for Region 4 Education Service Center. Region 4 Education Service Center is a center dedicated to working with Greater Houston area schools in an attempt to promote excellence in education. One of the main projects being worked on is the distribution of 2023-2024 ARP Homeless II, ESC COVID Recovery Reallocation Grant funds. “When this grant first came out, districts had the opportunity to receive funding to serve students and their families who are experiencing homelessness,” education specialist LaShonda Evans said. During the COVID-19 pandemic, many families experienced some form of homelessness due to the state of the economy and the loss of jobs during
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Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program removes barriers to education for children and youth experiencing homelessness. The act has already provided an enormous amount of relief for students and their families, and Region 4 hopes this additional funding will only continue to do so.
that time. “The idea was to provide districts with funding to be able to help identify those students and to be able to start using the McKinney-Vento Act, which is a federal act that has been around many years,” education specialist Twiana Collier said. The McKinney-Vento Act’s
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