Grantees
Grant funding is available to local education agencies (LEAs), which include school districts, charter schools, and BOCES, through a competitive application process administered by the New York State Education Department (NYSED). Applications for the McKinney-Vento Competitive Grant are available every 3 years. LEA's who successfully secure a 3-year grant may use funds to provide programs and activities that support the school success of students experiencing homelessness.
2025-2028 McKinney-Vento
Subgrant Informational Webinar
The purpose of the McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Act(link is external) is to ensure that all homeless children have equal access to the same free appropriate public education, including public preschool education, provided to children and youth who are permanently housed.
Welcome, 2022-2025 Grantees
Below are the dates for the upcoming events that we will host to support you during the first year of your new grant.
Required Events 2024-2025
Conference Calls (Video-conference links will be emailed to you in advance.)
Session #1 Using Data to Meet the Needs of Students in Temporary Housing - September 17, 2024, 10:00am-11:00am
Session #2 Preparing End of Grant Report - January 14, 2025, 10:00am-11:00am
Session #3 Sharing Your Findings/ End of Grant Celebration - June 3, 2025, 10:00am–11:00am
McKinney-Vento Grantee Annual Meeting – October 15, 2024, 12:00pm – 4:00pm (In person meeting-Marriott Albany, 189 Wolf Road, Albany, NY)
State Education Commissioner Betty A. Rosa announced that the New York State Education Department (NYSED) awarded more than $7 million in grants authorized by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Act. NYSED awarded grants to 27 school districts, five Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)-led consortiums, three district-led consortiums, and one charter school consortium. Funds will promote school success for more than 116,500 students in temporary housing in more than 70 Local Education Agencies (LEAs) across the state.
Read the NYSED Press Release with the list of McKinney-Vento 2022-2025 Grantees here.
Previous McKinney-Vento Grantees can be found below.
SIRS Data on Student Homelessness – 3 Year Summary
This spreadsheet contains data on the number of students who experienced homelessness at any point in the school years 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. The data were collected by the New York State Education Department in the Student Information Repository System (SIRS) and reflect students enrolled in New York State School Districts and New York State Charter Schools.
Si tiene preguntas sobre el ciclo de subvenciones actual y / o la cohorte, comunÃquese con Melanie Faby en NYSED.
Para obtener información general sobre el programa de subvenciones McKinney-Vento, visite la Biblioteca de recursos y luego la página "McKinney-Vento Grant".