Background on the McKinney-Vento Act

By jsha68
  • Federal Task Force on Homelessness

    Eastablished in 1983
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    A Brief MVA History

  • Homeless Persons Survival Act

    introduced to both houses of Congress in 1986
  • Urgent Relief for the Homeless Act

    Introduced and passed with bipartisan support
  • The McKinney-Vento Act signed into law by President Reagan

    Named for chief sponsors Stewart McKinney and Bruce Vento
  • McKinney-Vento Act amended

    Require the Comptroller General to make annual audits of Federal emergency management food and shelter and housing assistance programs.
  • McKinney-Vento Act amended

    Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990 - Title I: Interagency Council on the Homeless - Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act (SBMHAA) to authorize appropriations through FY 1992.
  • McKinney-Vento Act amended

    Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 - Title I: Housing Assistance - Subtitle A: General Provisions - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: (1) increase the aggregate budget authority for low-income housing for FY 1993 and 1994, and specify earmarks for its utilization; (2) extend ceiling rents; (3) exclude certain child care expenses and excessive travel expenses from the calculation of adjusted income, and apply to Indian public housing certain definitions of the Cranston-G
  • McKinney-Vento Act amended

    Amends the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Defense (Secretary), with respect to the use or transferability of any portion of a military installation closed or to be closed under such Act, to: (1) identify the buildings and property for which the Department of Defense (DOD) or another Federal department or agency has a use or will accept a transfer; (2) identify any property as surplus; (3) submit to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  • No Child Left Behind -McKinney-Vento Act Amendment

    No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to revise, reauthorize, and consolidate various programs.
  • Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act (HEARTH) of 2009

    The HEARTH Act amends and reauthorizes the McKinney-Vento Act