Central Consolidated Schools receives Department of Workforce Solutions funding
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The homeless education program at Central Consolidated Schools (CCSD) in New Mexico has received a $750,000 grant from the state Department of Workforce Solutions. The district's school board voted unanimously to accept the money. It is meant to help students and families who qualify under the McKinney-Vento definition of homelessness.
The article cites a website saying these students lack a fixed, regular and adequate place to sleep at night. District coordinator Elfreda Harvey said more than 400 students were identified this way as of September. She said the count climbs each week as staff follow up and new referrals come in. The article describes the grant as family stabilization funding and says it can cover administrative costs.
Harvey expects the money to become available in October. The district will sign a contract with the state agency, which approached CCSD after working with Albuquerque districts, she said. At present, the program relies on part of its Title I funding and a subgrant from the state Public Education Department. Harvey said the district has never paid for hotel or motel stays for families before, and she described the new work as something she looks forward to.
Why it matters
The grant adds a funding source for a program serving a growing number of students without stable housing, and it lets the district try services it has not offered before. Board members and taxpayers may want to follow how the money is spent and managed.
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- How should the district measure whether the new family stabilization funding is helping students and families?
- What should the district tell families about how to get help, given that the number of identified students keeps rising?
- What should the board ask staff to report as the district takes on services it has not provided before?
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