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08/10/2015

Education: State and District Implementation of the Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program

http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/reports.html#homeless   by US Department of Education, Office of Planning , Evaluation and Policy Development, Policy and Program Studies Service, Washington D.C.,(2015)

Search Terms: homeless students, Education for Homeless Children and Youth, EHCY, educational barriers

In the 2010-2011 school year, approximately one million or 2 percent of all students nationwide were identified as homeless. This study examines state and school district implementation of the EHCY support program and found that transportation, school supplies, tutoring and supplemental instruction accounted for the largest expenditure for EHCY funds.