Wrap-around Services
This NCHE brief provides an overview of the requirements to provide wraparound services for children and youth experiencing homelessness in the American Rescue Plan Homeless Children and Youth (ARP-HCY) program;
discusses the ways that ARP-HCY funds have expanded the services that state educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) are able to provide to children and youth experiencing homelessness;
describes the opportunities and challenges for SEAs and LEAs in partnering with community-based organizations (CBOs) and providing wraparound services for children and youth experiencing homelessness;
lists strategies to build SEA and LEA Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) program capacity to provide wraparound services; and
spotlights examples of SEA initiatives to provide wraparound services for children and youth experiencing homelessness.
Published September 2022
