American Rescue Plan, Section 2001(b)
On Thursday, March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) into law. In recognition of the extraordinary impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on students experiencing homelessness, the ARP included an unprecedented $800 million to support the specific needs of homeless children and youth via the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief – Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) Fund. State educational agencies and local educational agencies (LEAs) must use ARP-HCY funds to identify homeless children and youth, to provide homeless children and youth with wrap-around services to address the challenges of COVID-19, and to enable homeless children and youth to attend school and fully participate in school activities. The Department released ARP-HCY funds in two separate disbursements (ARP Homeless I and ARP Homeless II).
84.425W
Formula
Not Applicable
Other (i.e. one-time funding): One-time application
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Total Amount: Not applicable.
Amount Available Towards Broadband (if specified): Not Applicable
No
Not Applicable
No speed or technical requirements for broadband infrastructure.
State education agencies (SEAs) received this formula grant in FY2021 and disbursed funds in two parts to local education agencies (LEAs).
Students experiencing homelessness.
The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) is the Department’s technical assistance center for homeless education: National Center for Homeless Education.
The data reported for ARP-HCY is collected through the CSPR Part I Manual Entry: Consolidated State Performance Reports - Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Sophie Hart
Email: sophia.hart@ed.gov
Telephone: (202) 453-6642
This is one of a number of Department programs that provides funds that may be used to support broadband access. The allowability of costs is always situation and program specific. For that reason, if you decide to use funds under one of these programs for costs related to broadband access, you must be sure that the use of the funds is, under the specific circumstances of the expenditure and the program authority selected, reasonable and necessary for the purposes of that program, and does not violate other program requirements, such as supplement not supplant, if it applies to program. We also note that, while funds under one of these programs can be used on broadband access, the programs’ purpose is not primarily focused on that issue.
April 2023