This is very exciting and useful data on the under-allocation of funding from Title I setaside for homeless children and youth. I would love to see other states follow this method.
FYI - Please know that his funding is also supposed to be used to assist homeless children age 0-5. So when advocating for K-12, make sure to check how much the school district is directing this funding for younger children. You can find out the number of homeless children age 0-3 in the school district by going to SchoolHouse Connection "Infant and Toddler Homelessness Across 50 States: 2022-2023". 🔗 https://bit.ly/4jRWIuV
Roz, I trust that Illinois has ideas on how it will use the data; it seems like a big victory for them. But, I must admit that I wouldn't know what to do with the data. We were able to get a by-school district list last year of how much they spend on students experiencing homelessness. To find a narrative to it suggests to me that a significant amount of time would be needed to find out what is going on. Philadelphia's amount was listed as $1, and I have to believe that there is a good reason behind this. I feel like I would need countless hours to find out the truth of this, and then, what do I do with that? I assume the District spends Title 1 on good causes and I wouldn't want to advocate that one population receive more resources at the expense of another needy population. I just don't know enough about Title 1.
This is very exciting and useful data on the under-allocation of funding from Title I setaside for homeless children and youth. I would love to see other states follow this method.
FYI - Please know that his funding is also supposed to be used to assist homeless children age 0-5. So when advocating for K-12, make sure to check how much the school district is directing this funding for younger children. You can find out the number of homeless children age 0-3 in the school district by going to SchoolHouse Connection "Infant and Toddler Homelessness Across 50 States: 2022-2023". 🔗 https://bit.ly/4jRWIuV
Roz, I trust that Illinois has ideas on how it will use the data; it seems like a big victory for them. But, I must admit that I wouldn't know what to do with the data. We were able to get a by-school district list last year of how much they spend on students experiencing homelessness. To find a narrative to it suggests to me that a significant amount of time would be needed to find out what is going on. Philadelphia's amount was listed as $1, and I have to believe that there is a good reason behind this. I feel like I would need countless hours to find out the truth of this, and then, what do I do with that? I assume the District spends Title 1 on good causes and I wouldn't want to advocate that one population receive more resources at the expense of another needy population. I just don't know enough about Title 1.