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Homelessness  \nSERVED  \nIntroduction  \nIn the 2020-21 school year, more than 25 million children and youth – roughly half of all elementary and secondary students in the United States – attended schools in school districts that lacked dedicated funding to identify and support students experiencing homelessness. This significant funding gap increases the likelihood that many children and youth experiencing homelessness will not be identified, and even in cases where they are identified, that they will not receive the educational protections and services that can stabilize their education and their lives. Ensuring access to these supports is an important part of creating a school system that meets the needs of all our nation’s children and youth.  \nSchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan analyzed publiclyavailable preK-12 federal education data for the 2020-2021 school year to examine patterns that are correlated with under-identifying and inadequately supporting children and youth experiencing homelessness. Key findings include:  \n1. The Likelihood Of Under-Identification Is Much Higher In Schools Without Dedicated Homeless Education Funding.  \n2.  Rural Areas Enroll A Disproportionate Share Of Children And Youth Experiencing Homelessness, But Have The Largest Share Of School Districts Without Dedicated Homeless Education Funding.  \n3.  Charter Schools Are Over-Represented Among School Districts Reporting No Children And Youth Experiencing Homelessness.  \n4.  In Addition To Underidentification Challenges, Many Students Experiencing Homelessness  \nAttend Schools That Receive No Dedicated Support To Meet Their Unique Needs.   \n5. The Number of Local Educational Agencies Receiving Dedicated Homeless Education Funding More Than Doubled as a Result of a Bipartisan Amendment to the American Rescue Plan Act.  \nSeen and Served: How Dedicated Federal Funding Supports the Identification of Students Experiencing Homelessness | 2  \nKey Findings  \nKEY FINDINGS  \n1. The Likelihood Of Under-Identification Is Much Higher In Schools Without Dedicated Homeless Education Funding  \nWhen children and youth experiencing homelessness are not identified by public schools, they miss out on critical educational protections and services that can stabilize their education and their lives. Inadequate dedicated homeless education funding through the McKinney-Vento Act’s Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program contributes to under-identification.  \nOur analysis of federal education data builds on other analyses (including CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey data and a recent Center for Public Integrity investigation), and shows a strong correlation between lack of dedicated homeless education funding and under-identification of students experiencing homelessness.  \n One-quarter (25%) of all school districts — 4,930 school districts — reported no students experiencing homelessness. These school districts collectively enrolled 300,599 students.  \n 92% of the school districts that reported no students experiencing homelessness also received no dedicated homeless education funding.  \n2. Rural Areas Enroll A Disproportionate Share Of Children And Youth Experiencing Homelessness, But Have The Largest Share Of School Districts Without Dedicated Homeless Education Funding.  \n Despite structural challenges inherent in identifying children and youth experiencing homelessness in rural school districts, children and youth were more likely to experience homelessness in these areas than their share of the school population would suggest: rural school districts enrolled 20% of all students experiencing homelessness, despite only serving 15% of students overall.  \n When compared to school districts in cities, suburbs, and towns, rural areas had the largest proportion of school districts (88%) without dedicated homeless education funding. 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