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State Coordinators' Handbook

Description:The State Coordinators' Handbook is a useful tool to assist State Coordinators for Homeless Education in implementing the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act in their state. The Handbook provides information and strategies compiled from State Coordinators across the country for identifying local liaisons (as required by federal law), training local liaisons in their role, and maintaining ongoing communication with local liaisons. Select the file name below to download.

Instructions: The State Coordinators' Handbook is a web-based document that may be accessed online in its entirety, by each section, or by each appendix. The Handbook has hyperlinks from the Table of Contents down to each section within the Handbook. Following are tips to help you navigate through the document:
  • At the bottom of each page, there is a hyperlink on each page number which returns the reader to that section within the Table of Contents (for example, clicking on page number B-3 returns the reader to Section B within the overall Table of Contents).
  • The title of the document and section are within the footer on each page. Clicking on that part of the footer will return the reader to the beginning of that section (for example, clicking on "State Coordinators' Handbook: Charting the Course" at the bottom of page B-4 will return the reader to page B-1 which is the beginning of Section B).
  • Each appendix that has multiple pages also has hyperlinks within the footer that return the reader to the beginning of that specific appendix.
  • Hyperlinks throughout the document lead to other parts of the Handbook as well as external weblinks.
  • The standalone sections have hyperlinks from the Table of Contents page down to each section and the footer at the bottom of the page returns the reader to the Table of Contents.
pdf file icon State Coordinators' Handbook (complete document)

pdf file icon Section A: Introduction
     pdf file icon Appendix A-1. State Coordinator Pretest

pdf file icon Section B. Charting the Course: How do State Coordinators Plan and Fulfill Their Responsibilities?
     pdf file icon Appendix B-1. Functions of the Office of Coordinator, Current Activities and Next Steps
     pdf file icon Appendix B-2. Federal Legislation State Coordinators Should Know
     pdf file icon Appendix B-3. Steps for Revising State Code, Policies, or Procedures
     pdf file icon Appendix B-4. McKinney-Vento State Plan Panel Reviewer Guide
     pdf file icon Appendix B-5. Sample Annual Planning Calendar (aligned for state fiscal year)
     pdf file icon Appendix B-6. Sample Monthly Planning Calendar
     pdf file icon Appendix B-7. Sample Weekly Planning Calendar
     pdf file icon Appendix B-8: Sample Scope of Work for North Carolina Homeless Education Program

pdf file icon Section C. Data Collection and Reporting

pdf file icon Section D. Monitoring
     pdf file icon Appendix D-1. Summary of Title X, Part C Program Monitoring Results (FY 2003 to FY 2008)
     pdf file icon Appendix D-2. Sample 2009-10 ED Monitoring Indicators for McKinney-Vento Program Fiduciary

pdf file icon Section E. Technical Assistance for LEAs
     pdf file icon Appendix E-1. Template for Local Homeless Liaisons' Important Contacts
     pdf file icon Appendix E-2: Top 5 of Title X
     pdf file icon Appendix E-3. Sample Technical Assistance Logs
     pdf file icon Appendix E-4. Potential Pitfalls and Possible Solutions for Liaison Training
     pdf file icon Appendix E-5. Quick Tips for Presenters

pdf file icon Section F. The McKinney-Vento Subgrant Process
     pdf file icon Appendix F-1. McKinney-Vento Act Section 723, Allowable Use of Funds
     pdf file icon Appendix F-2. Abbreviated Version of Section 723 - Allowable Use of Funds
     pdf file icon Appendix F-3. List of States with Numbers of LEAs with and without subgrants

pdf file icon Section G. Fiscal Oversight
     pdf file icon Appendix G-1. Allowability and Reasonability of Costs (OMB Circular A-87)

pdf file icon Section H. Connections to Collaborations: Yours, Mine, and Ours
     pdf file icon Appendix H-1. Connections to Consider
     pdf file icon Appendix H-2. Meeting Template
     pdf file icon Appendix H-3. Evaluating Current Arrangements
     pdf file icon Appendix H-4. Creating a Statewide Advisory Board
     pdf file icon Appendix H-5. Collaborating With Head Start
     pdf file icon Appendix H-6. Collaborating With Higher Education

Updates Since the Release of the Original Handbook in 2010

pdf file icon Section I: Taking a Regional Approach to Awarding McKinney-Vento Subgrants: Advantages and Challenges of Implementation (November 2011)
pdf file icon A Guide to Meeting Compliance Requirements for the McKinney-Vento Program (December 2011)

state coordinators' handbook
State Coordinator's Handbook


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