American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: View the full text of the law in HTML format
 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Download the full text of the law in PDF format
View the legislative language allocating $70 million to the EHCY Program.
Child Nutrition and
WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004
Download the full text of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004.
Download the USDA Interim Rule: Direct Certification and Certification of Homeless, Migrant and Runaway Children for Free School Meals
Read U.S. Department of Agriculture memoranda on the act, as it pertains to children and youth experiencing homelessness.
College Cost Reduction and Access Act (access to federal financial aid for unaccompanied homeless youth)
View the full text of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act.
Download the full text of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act.
Download the U.S. Department of Education's Application and Verification Guide.
(See pages AVG-23, AVG-105, and AVG-106 for specific references to unaccompanied homeless youth)
Family Educational Rights
and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Read the full
text of FERPA.
Read FERPA Regulations (34 CFR Part 99, effective 1/03/12)
Read FERPA Policy Guidance (general) from the U.S. Department of Education.
Read FERPA Policy Guidance (Disclosure of Student Information Related to Emergencies and Disasters) from the U.S. Department of Education.
Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Fostering Connections Act)
Read the full text (educational provisions) of the Fostering Connections Act. (Amends Title IV of the Social Security Act)
 Read Program Instructions on the Fostering Connections Act. (ACYF-CB-PI-10-11, July 2010; see Section E for guidance on education provisions)
Read the joint letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Education encouraging schools and child welfare agencies to coordinate further to improve educational outcomes for children and youth in foster care through collaborative efforts to implement the Fostering Connections Act. (8/25/11)
Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 (Head Start Act)
Download the full text of the Head Start Act.
Download the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Dear Colleague letter on providing early care and education (ECE) services to homeless children (January 2013)
Download the HHS Fact Sheet: Policies and Procedures to Increase Access to ECE Services for Homeless Children & Families (January 2013)
Download the HHS Fact Sheet: Early Childhood and Family Homelessness Resource List (January 2013)
Download the HHS Fact Sheet: Strategies for Increasing ECE Services for Homeless Children (January 2013)
Download HHS Information Memorandum ACF-IM-92-12t: Homeless Children and the Head Start Program (June 1992)
Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)
Read the full
text of the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA.
Read the IDEA Final Regulations (34 CFR Part 300 - December 2008; supplement and amend the August 2006 Regulations).
Read the IDEA Final
Regulations (34 CFR Parts 300 and 301 - August 2006).
Read the IDEA Final Regulations (Part 303: Early Intervention for
Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities) in HTML
format.
Read the U.S. Department
of Education Guidance
on Homeless Children with Disabilities.
Read
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) policy
documents affecting the education of infants, toddlers, children,
and youth with disabilities from the U.S. Department of Education;
documents include Final and Proposed Rules and Policy Guidance.
Read the OSEP memo 11-07 (January 2011): A Response to Intervention (RtI) Process Cannot Be Used to Delay-Deny an Evaluation for Eligibility under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
No Child Left Behind Act
(NCLB)
Read the full
text of NCLB.
Read NCLB Policy
Guidance from the U.S. Department of Education.
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act
Read the full
text of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act.
Read the Family and Youth Service Bureau Information
Memorandum No. 1-2006 regarding collaboration between local homeless education liaisons and RHYA programs.
Title I, Part A, of the No Child Left
Behind Act
Read the full
text of Title I, Part A.
Read Title I, Part A, Regulations
and Policy Guidance from the U.S. Department of Education.
Download Title I, Part A ARRA Guidance: Using Title I, Part A ARRA Funds for Grants to Local Educational Agencies to Strengthen Education, Drive Reform, and Improve Results for Students
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