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Appendix A

Application Cover Page and Assurances

West Virginia Local Education Agency Application for

McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Program

Grant Period October 2015 through June 2018

|Title of Proposal |Morgan County Homeless Assistance Program |

|Amount of Funding Requested per Year| $25,000 $18,750 |

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|Grant Application Contact |Mailing Address |247 Harrison Avenue |

| | |Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 |

| |Phone |304-258-2430 |

| |Fax |304-258-9146 |

| |E-mail Address |rpenner@k12.wv.us |

Assurances

The Local Education Agency (LEA) assures:

• The program will be administered in accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations, program plans, and applications;

• The LEA complies with or is using the funds to comply with the requirements set forth in paragraphs (3) through (7) of section 722(g) of the McKinney-Vento Act;

• The LEA has implemented policies and procedures to remove barriers that hinder the enrollment of children and youth experiencing homelessness and to ensure that activities will not isolate or stigmatize homeless children and youth;

• Funds will supplement, but not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds that were previously used to provide services to homeless children and youth;

• The LEA will cooperate in carrying out any evaluation conducted by or for the State Educational Agency (SEA), the Secretary, or other federal officials;

• The LEA will ensure that funds are expended in accordance with the school division’s approved application or amended application and will retain control of these funds and title to any property acquired with these funds. In the event the school division needs to expend funds in any manner other than stipulated in the approved application, the plan must be amended using the amendment process provided by the West Virginia Department of Education. The application must be amended before funds can be expended for activities not approved in the original application.

• The LEA will maintain records to assure the correctness and certification of such reports, including information relating to the educational effect on homeless children and youth.

• The LEA will not exceed the county’s maximum salary schedule for a specific job classification for personnel hired with program funds.

• The LEA will maintain accurate time logs and documentation of services for personnel working in this program.

|Signature of Authorizing Agent: |Title of Authorizing Agent: |

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|Printed Name: |Date: |

|Mr. David Banks | |

THe Assurance Pages were faxed on 7/14/2015.

include a one-page abstract summarizing the proposal

Title of Proposal:

Morgan County Homeless Assistance Program

Although Morgan County is rural, it has experienced significant population growth in the past decade, increasing from 14,943 to 17,541 people (US Census 2010). All of Morgan County’s students are eligible for free meals as the county participates in CEP (Community Eligibility Program). The county’s overall percent needy is 60%, with Paw Paw schools at 87.14% needy. In addition to increasing poverty rates in the county, substance abuse and violence in the home may also be contributing factors of youth homelessness in Morgan County.

For the past few years, homelessness has been on the rise for the Eastern Panhandle, which is made up of Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson counties. In Morgan County alone, the number of homeless students and their families increased by 225% since the 2009/2010 school year when only 35 homeless students were identified; we have not seen a decrease in homelessness. However, unlike its neighboring counties, Morgan County does not have a homeless shelter, and the nearest one is a 45 minute drive away. During the 2014-2015 school year, school personnel identified 114 homeless students, with 39% of those identified from the Paw Paw school area. The lack of transportation, affordable housing, and housing in general also attributes to the problem of homelessness in the county.

In an effort to address this issue, Morgan County Schools has partnered with two community agencies in order to expand its reach with identifying and providing services to homeless students and their families. The two partnering agencies are Starting Points and the Morgan County Partnership. Both agencies are well established in the community and in the schools providing resources and services to the area’s youth and families.

Tutoring, social services, mentoring, and training will be the focus of this education and outreach program. Each of the three partners has taken on different roles in order to meet the needs of the at-risk and homeless youth that attend Morgan County Schools. To help close the achievement gaps experienced by many homeless students, Morgan County Schools will provide a tutoring program at Paw Paw Elementary, Paw Paw High School, and Warm Springs Intermediate School that will take place during the school day, which will address the concern of a lack of after-school transportation and participation. In addition, the schools will provide training to school personnel on how to identify a homeless child, as defined by the McKinney-Vento Act as well as providing assistance to families in understanding the importance of completing, signing and returning forms that will help the schools in identifying and serving homeless students. Starting Points will be providing the social services component of this program through its Morgan County Backpacks program and Family Partnership Program. The Morgan County Backpacks Program delivers bags of nonperishable, child-friendly food to children in Morgan County who have inadequate food resources on weekends and school holidays. The Family Partnership Program provides intensive case management, resource case coordination, and referral services for Morgan County families to promote economic self-sufficiency and encourage a stable family structure. Finally, the Morgan County Partnership will focus its efforts on expanding the Positive Action Program and 40 Assets Mentor Program to target at-risk and homeless youth. This mentoring program serves students in grades 6-12 and it includes job readiness training and guest mentor trainers from the community to work with students on specific career goals

Overall, the goal of the Morgan County Homeless Assistance Program is to increase the number of identified homeless students in Morgan County and provide them with services and support to ensure that they stay in school and graduate from high school.

Appendix B

Proposal narrative

Statement of Need

|Enrolled Students Identified as Homeless in Morgan County |2012-2013 |129 |

| |2013-2014 |133 |

| |2014-2015 |114 |

|Number of Low-Income Pupils in Entire County (as noted in Title I, Part A application) | |

|Data from Other Agencies (Point in Time Counts, shelter counts, etc.) |

| Morgan County is a small rural community, located two hours from the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan area, bordering both Virginia and Maryland. This |

|location creates opportunities and challenges for a county listed as one of the top five growth counties for West Virginia. According to the 2010 U.S. Census |

|Bureau, the county population has grown 17.4% since 2000, but these statistics are deceiving. With only 17,498 residents and a population density of just 77 |

|residents per square mile, many children and families continue to face the challenges of inadequate transportation, lack of economic opportunities, and violence and|

|substance abuse in the home. These community norms contribute to the county’s increasing poverty rates and homelessness. |

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|With higher pay rates in bordering states and limited employment opportunities in the county (Morgan County Schools is the largest employer), many parents must |

|travel outside of Morgan County. The mean travel time for workers over the age of 16 is over half an hour, which suggests that most workers travel out of the |

|county and/or state (Census, 2010). According to the Morgan County Board of Education’s Kindergarten registration records, |

|an estimated 70% of working parents travel out of the county and/or state for employment, leaving the remaining 30% of the workforce to find jobs locally or not at |

|all. Proximity to neighboring states has also created a 20% transient student population, according to West Virginia Education Information System. Morgan County |

|School officials suspect that this rolling population of students, some of whom are enrolled for less than a month, may be having an effect on the student body’s |

|high level of risk behaviors. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration considers low neighborhood attachment and community disorganization a |

|community risk factor, |

|so the school officials’ suspicion may be more accurate than has been so far documented. School can be the one place where a homeless child may find a sense of |

|security, food, clothing and support to achieve academically. |

|However, if a family moves often, they may not always find the records that a school requires for entry causing a child to loose several weeks of instruction while |

|their parents find safe and stable housing. In addition to the |

|social issue of constantly making new friends, the student then faces academic issues of not receiving grades or credit for that unaccounted time. |

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|The increasing poverty rate is overwhelming the local resources in the community. All of Morgan County’s students are eligible for free meals as the county |

|participates in CEP (Community Eligibility Program). According to the 2014-2015 statistics from Morgan County Schools, the largest elementary school in the county |

|has a 76% poverty rate and the county overall has a 60% rate, which is an increase from last year by 3.4%. At Paw Paw Schools, 87.14% of students are in need of |

|assistance. In addition, many students county-wide have been identified by school personnel as being in need of food supplies during the weekends. The Morgan |

|County Backpack Program, a community collaborative, established in January 2012 ended the 2015 school year with 362 children receiving weekend food packages. |

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|In addition, the community is lacking in highly educated, professional adults (Census, 2010). Only 15% of adults age 25 or older having a Bachelor’s degree or |

|higher and a large number (15.6%) of all births from the county are born to mothers with less than a 12th grade education. Many adults (18%) in Morgan County are |

|at a Level 1 Literacy Scale (1 being the lowest and 5 reflecting the highest literacy skill), according to the West Virginia Department of Education. Generally, |

|those adults who score at Level 1 have difficulty performing such everyday tasks as reading and comprehending a short newspaper article (WVDE, 1998). These factors|

|may have a contributing effect on families finding gainful employment. |

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|Substance abuse and violence in the home may also be contributing factors of youth homelessness Morgan County. In 2014, 31 Morgan County children were interviewed |

|by Safe Haven Community Advocacy Center for abuse and neglect. During these interviews, many of these children spontaneously disclosed witness to substance abuse |

|while being interview for other allegations of abuse. Thirty-one percent of 10th graders report physical abuse by someone living in their home either by a parent or|

|non-parent (PRIDE 2014). Data collected by MCP’s school-based SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment) program, which is an intervention |

|program providing immediate and brief counseling services for youth in 6-12 grades who are experimenting with risky substance abuse behaviors, have shown that 23% |

|of all students screened (617 students) in the past year |

|have scored “low to high risk” for substance abuse. |

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|Lack of reliable transportation and affordable housing continues to be a major obstacle for many families in Morgan County. With no public transportation in the |

|county, many parents and young people have difficulty meeting their transportation needs. A recent study on the transportation issues of the region, reported that |

|61% of respondents in Morgan County had difficulty getting to work, school or medical appointments due to transportation challenges. Many people have to rely on |

|family members and friends for help. Students, who are moving from place to place even within the county, may not be located near a bus stop. These students may |

|not have a way to school, much less the school of origin. Many times parents do not have a vehicle to transport a student to school if there is no bus stop |

|available. |

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|In addition, when parents, whether new to the community or long-time residents, lose their housing, the family typically moves in with a family member, friend or go|

|to a motel. Apartments and multi-unit structures comprise less than 5% of the housing in the county. Unfortunately, too many families cannot afford to rent or |

|purchase safe, appropriate housing because housing costs in the Eastern Panhandle are driven by a non-local economy. “Affordable” is defined as housing costs of |

|not more than 30% of gross monthly income. However, 4 in 10 renter households are paying more than 30% of their income for housing (HUD CHAS data 2000). According|

|to a report by the United Way of the Eastern Panhandle, the median wage for renters in Morgan County is $9.19 per hour, which means that $477 is the affordable rent|

|for this wage. However, the hourly wage needed to afford a modest 2 bedroom apartment in Morgan County is $15.04. |

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|It is suspected that these debilitating local factors have contributed to the increase in the number of homeless youth in Morgan County. During the 2014-2015 school|

|year, school personnel identified 114 homeless students. The number of homeless students and their families has increased by 225% since 2009-2010. Many youth and |

|families find temporary shelter with extended family or friends. Local youth service providers report that they have seen a significant increase in the number of |

|youth being raised by their grandparents and even great-grandparents (Town Hall Meeting, 2015). There has been an overall increase in homelessness for the Eastern |

|Panhandle, which is made up of Morgan, Berkeley and Jefferson counties. According to a 2013 Point in Time Study, there were 350 homeless individuals identified, |

|which is up from 212 in 2009. Approximately only 50% of the need for shelter and transitional housing is met by current resources. In the Eastern Panhandle there |

|are 260 shelter beds for the homeless and 72 transitional housing beds and supportive services for the formerly homeless. All of these beds are located in |

|neighboring Berkeley County, a 35 minute drive. The lack of shelters or temporary/transitional housing in Morgan County has long been a stumbling block for |

|families. |

|According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, before one can attempt to learn, the basic need for food, shelter, clothing, and safety must be met. For a student who |

|meets the definition of homeless as given by McKinney- Vento, those basic needs are met sporadically. Research indicates that each time a child moves from one |

|school |

|to another, he regresses academically. The more moves the child experiences, the more he falls behind. To |

|attempt to address some of these issues in Morgan County, information about the right to an education for any student experiencing a situation that is defined as |

|homeless is provided to all students. The information is |

|explained in each calendar given to all students, distributed at locations where parents may go, published in the |

|local paper, and posted at each school. Training has been provided to all employees via mandatory online professional development to handle the identification, |

|support, and registration of new students. |

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|In all but one instance, schools where staff have received training, report a larger number of students meeting the definition of homeless. Even though these |

|steps have been taken, not all staff recognizes that there are students in their schools who meet the McKinney-Vento definition of homeless and that support |

|services are available to help the student achieve. To help further raise awareness and provide supportive programs for its homeless population, Morgan County |

|Schools, in collaboration with Starting Points and the Morgan County Partnership, will focus its’ education and outreach program on tutoring, social services, |

|mentoring, and training. |

|Description of existing education and outreach programs serving homeless children and youth in the service area: Briefly describe direct educational services |

|currently provided to homeless students by county public schools and by other agencies within the service area. |

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|Morgan County Schools is fortunate to be able to collaborate with local entities to serve the homeless and at risk population. The school system offers an excellent|

|means of providing the extra academic help needed to support students who are behind and have learning gaps. The county provides a variety of services to support |

|students. Title I schools, Widmyer Elementary, Paw Paw Elementary, Greenwood Elementary, and Pleasant View Elementary provide contract services during the school |

|day to support student achievement. MC After 3, a 21st Century Learning Grant program, provides an afterschool tutoring program at Warm Springs Middle School and |

|Berkeley Springs High School. Elementary schools participate in summer programming which also provides meals for students over the summer months. It should be noted|

|that both Paw Paw High School and Warm Springs Intermediate School currently experience a “gap” in the continuum of services; however, funding from this grant will |

|help break that barrier. While the school system is providing strong academic support, it does not have the resources to provide a stable and safe home environment|

|for families and individuals who find themselves in crisis. Housing, food, clothing, counseling, healthcare, transportation and safety are basic needs that families|

|and individuals require in order to survive in a tough situation. There are two organizations that are instrumental in providing and coordinating the needs for |

|families and individuals in need; “Starting Points” and the “Morgan County Partnership”. |

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|“Starting Points” is a local nonprofit organization that has become the school system’s hope for the homeless and displaced. Current programming and services |

|incorporate the evidence based nationally recognized - Strengthening Families model based on building protective factors, reducing risk factors and creating |

|opportunities that contribute to well-being and economic success of families. |

|Starting Points is seen as the “go to” site by families, agencies, and the greater community to address needs and provide access to resources and community |

|services. Services are typically offered through collaborative efforts with public and private community-based organizations. Starting Points offers services such|

|as parent education classes, child development activities, parent-to-parent support groups, GED and literacy instruction, financial education skills, job readiness,|

|health information, and many other activities and services. |

|Working closely with the local DHHR offices, the Morgan County Regional Resource Connection (RRC), Early Intervention agencies, and the tri-county Health and Human |

|Services Collaborative, the agency responds to identified need in the community while striving to reduce duplication of services through that mutual coordination of|

|effort. |

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|Food, school supplies, and personal care products were provided a couple times a month through the McKinney-Vento funding 2009-2012 to a limited number of students.|

|In January 2012, the Morgan County Backpack Program (MCBP) was established as a collaborative between Starting Points, Morgan County Schools and the community. |

|MCBP now provides a weekly delivery to 320 bags of healthy, nonperishable, child-friendly food to hungry children in Morgan County who have inadequate food |

|resources on weekends and school holidays. This collaboration has led to a better connection of families with school-aged children receiving services through |

|Starting Points. |

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|Another nonprofit organization who provides positive youth activities and the information, guidance and training to families who need direction is “The Morgan |

|County Partnership” (MCP). It is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization that works with area non-profits, governmental groups, schools, churches, businesses and |

|community volunteers who are united in a shared vision of building a supportive network of resources for young people, their families and others connected with them|

|in order to create a safe, healthy and drug free community. The mission of this organization is to understand the issues facing youth and families and to work |

|together as a community to resolve those issues in order to provide kids the support and skills they need to make smart decisions. In collaboration with the |

|community and its agencies, the MCP develops programs based on the community’s needs. The programs are designed to help the county’s young people build the |

|personal assets needed to cope with life’s challenges and make good choices. Programs that are currently provided by the Morgan County Partnership include Too Good|

|For Drugs/Violence and Positive Action school-based curriculum, the Parent Child Academy, 40 Assets Mentor Program and Morgan County Teen Court. The entire |

|Partnership staff is dedicated to improving the non-cognitive development of all students, regardless of socioeconomic status. |

|Identification of Specific Needs: Identify the specific need(s) that the proposed program is designed to address. |

|There are four specific areas of needs for the Morgan County Schools homeless and needy population: |

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|Although progress is slow and sometimes fleeting, there is still a need to provide the continued academic support of school age children. The students and families |

|who are displaced or who cannot provide a stable environment for children need the extra help and time to close achievement gaps and to make progress towards |

|graduation. Specifically, there is a need at Paw Paw High School and Warm Springs Intermediate School. |

|There is a continued need to provide the safety net for basic services to families who find themselves unable to provide for themselves and their families. These |

|basic services are prerequisite to any academic achievement. Food, shelter and safety are paramount. Students cannot succeed without these basic needs. |

|Families and school age children still need to be able to improve their capacity to function in society. Arming students and parents with information and strategies|

|to prevent drug abuse, violence, teenage pregnancies and replacing those problems with hope through good role models and mentors help students become good decision |

|makers when faced with a crisis. |

|There is a continued need to provide training to school personnel and community members in the identification and processing of homeless and needy students and |

|families. The director of attendance and the Title 1 director must work together to devise and deliver the training. Better training will lead to better |

|identification and consequently more timely help. |

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|Identifying homeless students and families is a priority of the schools and agencies that serve Morgan County. Typically, students are identified as homeless by |

|school personnel, social workers and various social service agencies. However, often times, many students and families will self-disclose this hardship to a school|

|or agency official. The schools also utilize the Student Residency Questionnaire that is provided to all students in the Morgan County Schools calendar (and made |

|available at each school and in each school’s guidance department) in an effort to identify the homeless. |

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|The Regional Resource Connection (RRC) helps to bridge gaps between receiving state/federal program funds other resources in the community in order to help people |

|stabilize emergencies and find the help they need. In the last 24 months, the Morgan County RRC has had 52 requests for housing assistance - this was primarily for|

|past due rent causing eviction notices or assistance with first month’s rent/security deposit for unsheltered individuals. However, no agency in Morgan County will |

|assist with first month’s rent/security deposit with the possible exception of a domestic violence and that is on a case by case basis. This is a major gap in |

|services that contributes greatly to the homeless problem in Morgan County. |

Program Description

|Specific statements of intended outcomes: Objectives should be directly related to the identified need(s). |

| In order to close the achievement gaps to better ensure that students, especially homeless students, graduate from high school, funds are needed |

|to continue to provide tutoring in Morgan County Schools. Since we’ve identified a “gap” in services at Paw Paw High School and Warm Springs |

|Intermediate School, the tutoring services provided by this grant will occur at those sites. Tutoring will be available to all students in grades K-12 |

|and will be instructed by a certified teaching professional. In addition, some of the Title I schools will be included in the tutoring program |

|during the school day and instruction will be provided by retired certified teachers, who will be paid by Title I funding. These schools will follow |

|Title I requirements and procedures with reference to funding and documentation. |

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|To provide more safety net basic services to families who find themselves unable to provide for themselves, school personnel will link identified |

|families in need with the services provided by Starting Points. The Family Partnership Program at Starting Points provides intensive case management, |

|resource case coordination, and referral services for Morgan County families to meet basic needs, promote economic self-sufficiency and encourage a |

|stable family structure. Funding from this grant would be to expand the hours of the case manager to work directly with homeless families referred by |

|Morgan County Schools. Funding would be 8 to 10 hours per month as needed. |

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|In addition Starting Points will target homeless students and enroll them in The Morgan County Backpack Program where they will receive weekly bags of |

|nonperishable, child-friendly food. Providing a bag of food directly combats child hunger. By helping to meet children’s basic needs, they are |

|performing better in school and building stronger relationships with their schools and community. These are critical steps to helping children succeed|

|and break the cycle of poverty. When appropriate children identified as homeless have received additional food and/or for the entire week versus just |

|non-school days. |

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|The Morgan County Partnership will continue to raise awareness and provide education to students, parents and the community about the dangers of |

|alcohol and drugs and provide safe, healthy and drug free activities in order to prevent risky youth behaviors. It will also strive to replace those |

|problems with hope through good role models and mentoring by expanding the evidence-based curriculum, Positive Action and implementing the 40 Assets |

|Mentor Program to target at-risk and homeless youth at Paw Paw Schools. Positive Action is an integrated and comprehensive program that is designed to |

|improve academic achievement, school attendance and problem behaviors, such as violence, suspensions, disruptive behaviors and sexual behaviors. |

|Component of the 40 Assets Mentor Program will consist of job readiness training, to include resume writing, business etiquette and career interest |

|exploration. It will also provide guest mentor trainers from the community to work with students on specific career goals. Funding will be used |

|towards coordinating the program activities. |

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|To address the continued need to provide training to school personnel and community members in the identification and processing of homeless and needy |

|students and families, Morgan County Schools will train all staff in all 7 schools in Morgan County. The training will focus on training teachers and |

|other school personnel on how to identify homeless students and broaden their understanding on the meaning of “homeless” as defined in the |

|McKinney-Vento Act, which is an individual who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence. The training will also explain to staff the |

|steps they need to take once they have identified a homeless student. In addition, designated school personnel will provide assistance to families in |

|completion of forms that lead to the identification of “homeless”. The goal of this training is to increase the number of homeless students identified|

|in Morgan County with the expectation that after teachers are trained referrals for help will increase but also level off once services have been |

|provided to the families in need. |

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|Specific statements of intended outcomes: |

|Tutoring- |

|The test scores for the participants in the tutoring program will make progress toward mastery and increase by 3%. |

|The participants will make progress toward mastery on the General Summative state assessment and scores will improve by 3% in Math and Reading/English |

|The number of at risk students who will graduate from high school with a diploma or GED will increase by 3% |

|Social Services- |

|Increase food sources to homeless and at-risk youth by 5% |

|Participants complete paperwork and/or interviews necessary to qualify for services |

|Participants stabilize housing situation |

|Decrease in the number of crisis cases that may be a result of consistent contact with the case manager and to a feeling of being connected. |

|Increase youth access to mental health services |

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|Mentoring- |

|Increase the number of students who report that they have a positive adult role model |

|Participants will develop relationships with community leaders and/or role models |

|Job Readiness training will be provided to all participants |

|Participants will have an increased understanding of business etiquette |

|Participants will have a better understanding of their career goals |

|Participants will have an increase ability to solve problems positively |

|Training- |

|Morgan County School staff will be able to properly identify homeless students |

|Increase the number of homeless students identified |

|Increase in the number of homeless students and families receiving services |

|Increase parents’ understanding of the importance of completing, signing, and returning homeless student identification forms |

|Activities: Activities should be directly related to objectives. Refer to Appendix E for examples of authorized activities. |

|Tutoring- |

|Funds provided by this grant will be used to offer supplemental income to certified personnel that are willing to provide tutoring for students during |

|the school day at Paw Paw Schools and Warm Springs Intermediate School. The tutoring program will be available to all students in grades K-12 and will|

|be held at the school, Monday through Thursday. Pre and Post assessments will be conducted with participating students in order to evaluate their |

|academic performance, behavior, and school attendance. |

|Social Services- |

|Morgan County Schools will utilize their social worker who provides school-based SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment) |

|services for mental health. Services will include screening students in 6-12 grades for mental health risk and providing brief intervention to students|

|who score low-high risk on the screening tool. If a student needs additional mental health treatment, he/she will be referred to an outside mental |

|health provider. Student progress will be closely monitored through this program. |

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|Through the funds provided by this grant, the Morgan County Schools intend to hire a part-time social worker to provide services when families are in |

|crisis. This position will provide comprehensive, in-home family assessment, case management, reporting and referrals to Starting Points’ Family |

|Partnership Program/Case Manager. The school’s social worker and the Case Manager at Starting Points will work collaboratively to connect essential |

|resources to the student and/or family in order to alleviate stresses that negatively impact the student’s academic performance. Home visits provided |

|by the part-time social worker will assist to identify children not school aged or not-attending school. This position will enable the schools to reach|

|out to homeless children who traditionally have not been enrolled in school programs, especially preschool children. |

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|When referrals are made to Starting Points, their Family Partnership Program will provide services at three levels of assistance--intensive case |

|management; resource case coordination, and information and referral. All families will receive a comprehensive intake by the Case Manager to assess |

|their needs, strengths, and resources. The client will participate in development of a family plan to enhance developmental problem solving, coping |

|and management skills, and to encourage commitment on the part of the family. The plan emphasizes working toward financial stability and independence |

|and promoting a family structure and support system that reduces the potential for abuse and neglect. In conjunction with other Starting Points’ staff|

|and Morgan County school personnel, the Case Manager will provide resource case coordination to link the family with resources, services, and |

|opportunities relevant to their identified needs. |

|Morgan County Backpack Program, which is managed through Starting Points, will continue to coordinate with school personnel to identify students who |

|are at highest risk of going hungry on weekends and school vacations. Teams of community volunteers will pack and deliver backpacks each week. After |

|the bags are delivered to each school’s contact person, the bags will be delivered to the children in a way that the children can remain anonymous. |

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|Mentoring- |

|The Morgan County Partnership will expand the Positive Action curriculum in Paw Paw Schools by training classroom teachers and providing program |

|materials for grades K-12, as requested. Positive Action is an evidence-based, character education program. It promotes an intrinsic interest in |

|learning and encourages cooperation among students. The program works by teaching and reinforcing the intuitive philosophy that you feel good about |

|yourself when you do positive actions. Positive Action lessons teach numerous academic objectives that also align with contemporary academic standards.|

|Independent analysis indicates a high-level of alignment with the English Language Arts Standards. A typical lesson includes an average of seven |

|academic objectives. The Positive Action Program Facilitator will also implement the classroom materials, as needed. |

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|In addition, the 40 Assets Mentor program will provide opportunities for youth to interact with and learn from positive adult mentors and community |

|leaders. This mentor program will target homeless students in 6-12th grades in order to help them to fully communicate their skills, abilities and |

|interests as they relate to workforce. All student participants will participate in a job readiness training that includes but is not limited to the |

|following program areas; resume writing, business etiquette and career interest exploration. Guest mentor trainers from the community will be invited |

|to work with students on specific career field topics and job readiness skill building exercises. Student interest screening tool will also be used to|

|help students identify their career goals and interests. |

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|Training- |

|Principals’ training on identification of homeless students will occur at the Morgan County Administration Academy which occurs each year in August. |

|Teachers will do 1 online module in on homelessness/McKinney Vento as part of their continuing education hours. Another component of |

|this training program will be to assist families in understanding the importance of completing, signing, and returning forms that that will help the |

|schools in identifying homeless students. This parent outreach activity will be accomplished through Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings, Parent- Teacher|

|conferences, and other parent education opportunities. |

Program Administration and Management

|Timeline and Responsibilities: A proposed timeline of activities with responsibilities designated. This section outlines who will do what |

|activities and when they will be accomplished. |

|Tutoring- The Attendance Director for Morgan County Schools will be responsible for coordinating the tutoring program at Paw Paw School and Warm |

|Springs Intermediate School. |

|Activity: Timeline: |

|Notify schools of the grant award August of each year 2015-2018 |

|including the tutoring component |

|Collect homeless data from entry in WVEIS and August of each year 2015-2018 |

|prioritize by homeless populations for collaborative budget decisions |

|Create job postings for tutors at the respective October of each year 2015-2018 |

|schools |

|Review the program components including October of each year 2015-2018 |

|attendance sheets, intake, evaluation, transportation and reporting |

|Begin the tutoring program October 2015-2018 through June 2016-2018 |

|Visit sites and conference with the administration October 2015-2018 through June 2016-2018 |

|weekly about program elements |

|Collect end of the year data and program June 2016-2018 |

|evaluation |

|Prepare data for annual report to the WVDE October 2016-2018 |

| |

|Social Services- A Starting Points staff member will be responsible for coordinating the Backpack Program. The Program Coordinator, employed by |

|Starting Points, will be responsible for the case management services described above. The SBIRT Social Worker, employed by Morgan County |

|Schools, will be responsible for identifying student’s mental health needs, providing brief intervention or referral to treatment. The Morgan |

|County Schools part-time social worker will make visits to the homes of identified students meeting the definition of homelessness. A thorough |

|assessment of the entire family’s issues will be completed with appropriate referrals to Starting Points. |

|Activity: Timeline: |

|Purchasing, packing and delivering food resources (MCBP) August 2015-2018-May 2016-2018 |

|Intake and Assessment of identified families as October 2015-2018 - June 2016 -2018 as needed |

|Resource Coordination of identified families October 2015-2018 - June 2016-2018, as needed |

|Screen students for mental health risk (Patient Stress Questionnaire) October 2015-2018 through June 2016-2018 |

|Provide 5-7 brief interventions for students with positive screens October 2015-2018 through June 2016-2018, as needed |

|Make referrals to outside mental health providers, as needed October 2015-2018 through June 2016-2018, as needed |

|Mentoring- The Program Facilitator for the 40 Assets Mentor Program and the Positive Action Program Facilitator will be responsible for carrying |

|out the activities of the mentor program. Both positions are employees of the Morgan County Partnership. |

|Activity: Timeline: |

|Community Outreach Activities September 2015-2018- June 2016-2018, as appropriate (newspaper articles, events, |

|health fairs, etc.) |

|Positive Action Curriculum Presentations October 2015-2018-June 2016-2018 |

|Job Readiness Training for Youth October 2015-2018-June 2016-2018, as needed |

|4. Career Mentors Presentations to Students October 2015-2018-June 2016-2018, as needed |

|Training- The Title I Director and Attendance Director, who are both employed by Morgan County Schools will be responsible for coordinating the |

|school personnel trainings and parent assistance education. |

|Activity: Timeline: |

|Homeless Identification Training for School Principals Admin Academy in August of each year 2015-2018 |

|Homeless Identification Training for School Staff August 2015-2018 through June 2016-2018 |

|Family Assistance Education Training – October 2015-2018-June 2016-2018 |

|(Homeless Student Identification Form) |

| |

|Data Collection for Evaluation: This section should address how the LEA will assess progress towards achieving the proposed program's objectives. |

|Data collection can be qualitative and quantitative (see Appendix D for suggestions). Information in the annual program evaluation report reflects|

|a minimal level of expectation for program evaluation. Current subgrantees should provide summative evaluation data to show program efficacy. |

| |

|The Morgan County Homeless Assistance program will routinely monitor the degree to which it is successfully implementing strategies and positively|

|impacting collaborative efforts to increase the number of youth and families identified as homeless as well as increase support services to |

|families and positive adult role models among youth. As a result of this program, expected outcomes are: |

| |

|Tutoring- |

|The test scores for the participants in the tutoring program will make progress toward mastery and increase by 3%. |

|The participants will make progress toward mastery on the General Summative state assessment and scores will improve by 3% in Math and |

|Reading/English |

|The number of at risk students who will graduate from high school with a diploma or GED will increase by 3% |

|Social Services- |

|Increase food sources to homeless and at-risk youth by 5% |

|Participants complete paperwork and/or interviews necessary to qualify for services |

|Participants stabilize housing situation |

|Decrease in the number of crisis cases that may be a result of consistent contact with the case manager and to a feeling of being connected. |

|Mentoring- |

|Increase the number of students who report that they have a positive adult role model |

|Participants will develop relationships with community leaders and/or role models |

|Job Readiness training will be provided to all participants |

|Participants will have an increased understanding of business etiquette |

|Participant resumes will reflect positive problem solving skills |

|Participants will have a better understanding of their career goals |

|Training- |

|Morgan County School staff will be able to properly identify homeless students |

|Increase the number of homeless students identified |

|Increase in the number of homeless students and families receive services |

|Increase parents’ understanding of the importance of completing, signing, and returning homeless student identification forms |

| |

|Each partnering organization will be responsible for implementing their evaluation plan to measure the effectiveness of their respective programs.|

|Morgan County Schools will be using a pre assessment and post assessment survey to measure academic performance, behavior, and school attendance |

|for all students participating in the tutoring program. We will also track the completed professional development module on McKinney Vento each |

|year, track the number of homeless referrals made to school personnel to see if the number of referrals increased over the course of the school |

|year, and track the number of accurately completed Homeless Identification Forms. |

| |

|Starting Points will continue to utilize the WV Family Survey developed by WV DHHR for Starting Points and Family Resource Centers, to measure the|

|effectiveness of service delivery to families participating in programs at Starting Points. Families will complete a Self-Sufficiency Matrix to |

|measure family progress in reaching goals identified in their family plan. The Backpack Program participants will complete surveys created to |

|determine whether need is being met. School personnel will complete surveys to reveal that the program is positively impacting students’ ability |

|to learn and their commitment to school. |

| |

|The Morgan County Partnership will use the Positive Action curriculum pre and post survey tool for students. It will also use the 40 Assets |

|Mentor Program’s satisfaction survey that gathers information from both the student and mentor about their mentoring experience. Pre and post |

|tests will also be used to ensure that the students understood the information that was provided to them during the Job Readiness Training. |

| |

|At the end of each school year, an evaluation team will then analyze the results of all the evaluation methods. From this, the team will be able |

|to determine what the youth and parents thought of the program and its services and how it can improve for the following year of implementation. |

|The evaluation team will be comprised of the Attendance Director, the Title I Director, both from Morgan County Schools and a representative from |

|Starting Points and Morgan County Partnership. |

Narrative Summary of Budget for Proposed Activities

|This section provides a detailed budget summary. Expenditures must be based on proposed activities. Include reserved Title I-A funds contributed |

|from your Title I program. Be sure to attach the Budget Form found in Appendix C. |

|Instruction K-12:$8,000 is being requested for 2 contracted services to provide tutoring at a rate of $20 per hour for 2 hours per day for 4 days |

|per week for 31.25 weeks per year. |

|$3,000 is being requested for Morgan County Schools to fund home visit services by a social worker. |

|$112.40 is being requested for supplies for tutoring. |

|$45,000 is designated from Title I funding for contracted services to provide tutoring at a rate of $20 per hour for 2 hours per day for 4 days per |

|week for 32 weeks per year. |

|$12,000 is designated from Title I Set Aside Funds for 2 teachers @ $ 20 per hr x 5 days per week for 6 weeks for Extended Year services (Summer |

|School). |

|$7,040 is designated from Morgan Co. Schools’ SBIRT WVDHHR/BHHF state grant to provide assessments for mental health issues for students in Morgan |

|Co. |

|$ 240 is designated from the Morgan Co. Schools’ SBIRT WVDHHR/BHHF state grant for travel to Paw Paw. |

|$1,500.00 is designated from Title I Set Aside Funds for supplies for homeless students |

|Employee Benefits: |

|$637.60 is being requested to support the fringe benefits associated with the salaries of $8,000. The fringe benefits include social security, |

|retirement, and workers compensation. |

|$ 660 is being requested to support the fringe benefits on a salary of $3,000. The fringe benefits include social security, retirement, and workers |

|compensation. |

|$6,029 is being designated from Title I funding to support the fringe benefits associated with the salaries of $45,000. The fringe benefits include|

|social security, retirement, and workers compensation. |

|$1,608 is designated from Title I Set Aside Funds to support the fringe benefits associated with the salary of $12,000. The fringe benefits include|

|social security, retirement, and workers compensation. |

|$2,714 is designated from Morgan Co. Schools’ SBIRT WVDHHR/BHHF state grant to support the fringe benefits associated with the salary of $7,040. |

|The fringe benefits include insurance, social security, retirement, and workers compensation. |

|Purchased/Contracted Services: |

|$5,000.00 is being requested for Starting Points to coordinate case management services, Back-Pack program and facilitate coordination of a county |

|crisis team for 8 to 10 hours per week for 52 weeks. |

|$5,000.00 is being requested for Morgan County Partnership to provide supervision for a mentoring program for 5.5 hours per week for 40 weeks. |

Appendix C

Budget Forms

|Form MKV-2015 |

|WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION |

|BUDGET SUMMARY |

|Title X, Part C (McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act) |

|County: _Morgan______ Project/Grant No.: _________ (Projected dollar amount of funds |

|required for administration and program implementation) |

|OBJECT CODE |EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS |AMOUNT OF FUNDS |

| | |McKinney-Vento Funds |Title I Set Aside |OTHER |TOTAL AMOUNT |

| | | | |LEA In-Kind | |

|11111 |INSTRUCTION | | | | |

| |581/582 | | | 240 | 240 |

| |Travel (Staff/Administrative) | | | | |

| |611/Supplies/General | | 1,500 | | 1,500 |

| |EMPLOYEE BENEFITS | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|11111 | | | | | |

| |PURCHASED/CONTRACTED SERVICES | | | | |

| | | | | | |

|11119 | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

| |Other |10,000 |      |      |10,000 |

|12711 |SUPPORT SERVICES | | | | |

|71711 |OTHER CHARGES | | | | |

|12211 |ADMINISTRATIVE | | | | |

| |151/Instructional |      |      |      |      |

| 11111 |MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES | | | | |

| |733/Equipment for Instruction |      |      |      |      |

| |651/Tech Supplies |      |      |      |      |

| |All Other Equipment |      |      |      |      |

| |TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET |25,000.00 18,750 | 66,137 | 9,994 |101,131 |

Appendix D

GRANT Contact Sheet

|McKinney-Vento Grant Contact Sheet |

|County: Morgan |

|Homeless Liaison | |

|(name) Russell Penner | |

|mailing address |e-mail address |

|247 Harrison Avenue |rpenner@k12.wv.us |

|Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 | |

|Phone 304-258-2430 ext. 19 |Fax 304-258-9146 |

|Central Office Contact Person/Grant Coordinator | |

|(name) Russell Penner | |

|mailing address |e-mail address |

|247 Harrison Avenue |rpenner@k12.wv.us |

|Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 | |

|Phone 304-258-2430 ext. 19 |Fax 304-258-9146 |

|Administrative Contact Person/Project Assistant | |

|(name) Megan Hauser | |

|mailing address |e-mail address |

|26 Chapman Street |megan@ |

|Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 | |

|Phone 304-258-7807 |Fax 304-258-7710 |

|Field Contact (community partners, additional person in school | |

|division working on project) | |

|(name) Audrey Morris | |

|mailing address |e-mail address |

|187 S. Green Street, Suite 3, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 |amorris@starting- |

|Phone 304-258-5600 |Fax 304-258-6395 |

|Financial Contact Person | |

|(name) Ann Bell | |

|mailing address |e-mail address |

|247 Harrison Avenue |abell@k12.wv.us |

|Berkeley Springs, WV 25411 | |

|Phone 304-258-2430 ext. 16 |Fax 304-258-9146 |

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