McKinney-Vento

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  • Federal Task Force on Homelessness

    Established in 1983
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    McKinney Vento

  • 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 Homeless Assistance Act signed into law by President Reagan (PL 100-77)

    The McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100-77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482, 42 U.S.C. § 11301 et seq.) is a United States federal law that provides federal money for homeless shelter programs. It was the first significant federal legislative response to homelessness.

  • McKinney Act amended (PL 100-628)

    Require the Comptroller General to make annual audits of Federal emergency management food and shelter and housing assistance programs. (PL 100-628)

  • McKinney Act amended

    Majority of the programs were altered-specifcially the States are required to make grants to local educational egencires for the purpose of implementing the law.

  • McKinney 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 Act amended

    The amendments to the Education of Homeless Children and Youth program provided local educational authorities with greater flexibility in the use of funds; specified the rights of homeless preschoolers to a free and appropriate public preschool education; gave parents of homeless children and youth a voice regarding their children's school placement;
    and required educational authorities to coordinate with housing authorities.

  • McKinney Act renamed McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

    President Bill Clinton renamed the McKinney Act to the McKinney‐Vento Homeless Assistance Act after the passing of Congressman Bruce Vento who had been a key supporter of the original legislation since its passage in 1987.

  • McKinney-Vento Act Amendment (NCLB) (PL 107-110)

    Congress again reauthorized the McKinney Education of Homeless Children and Youth Program as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act in the No Child Left Behind Act. NCLB 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. The mission is to "coordinate the Federal response to homelessness and to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the federal government in contributing to the end of homelessness."

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