Page 1 of 1

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Program

- 2002
CFDA Number: 84.196 - Education for Homeless Children and Youth

Goal 8: To ensure access of homeless children and youth to the same free,
appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as is provided to
other children and youth
Objective 8.1 of 1: Homeless children and youth will have greater access to a free and appropriate public education
Indicator 8.1.1 of 1: Public schools: An increasing percentage of homeless children and youth will enroll in public
schools and will attend school regularly.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality

Percentage of homeless children and youth enrolled in Status: Unable to judge Frequency: Other.
grades K-12, as reported by states Collection Period: -
Progress: No data collected in 2002
Performance 2002. Data Available: October
Year Actual Performance
Targets 2003
1996 78 Explanation: States were Validated By: No Formal
required under prior Verification.
1999 67 82
reauthorization to submit data
2000 87 87 triennially. States last reported in Limitations: States'
2001 for 2000 performance. methods of data
States were not required by collection vary, and the
Percentage of homeless children and youth in grades K-12
statute to collect data for 2001 or resulting data are not
attending school, as reported by states
2002. From 2003 on, data will be uniform.
Performance collected annually with the 2000
Year Actual Performance
Targets data serving as baseline data. Improvements: From
55 2003 on, the Department
1995
will collect data annually
1996 45 and use existing targets
1999 77 59 from 2000 as baseline
information. Target and
2000 87 82 Performance Data tables
have been amended
since the last GPRA
report. The Year column
has been changed. The
years listed in the
amended table reflect the
years of performance
rather than the
succeeding years when
performance data were
reported.

http://connected2/PPMD/program_office/modules/module_preview_data.cfm?printversion=2
... 1/31/2003