Homeless Education Grants

Federal and state grant funding is available to districts on a competitive and/or formula basis. These supplemental funds are designed to support districts with identification, enrollment, and services for public school students living in homeless situations. Learn more about the federal McKinney-Vento Act Grant and the state Homeless Student Stability Education Program (HSSEP) Grant.

McKinney-Vento Act

The federal McKinney-Vento Act Grant is a competitive grant available to school districts that serve students experiencing homelessness. Funds are used to provide services and activities to improve the identification of homeless children and youths (including preschool-aged homeless children) and enable such children and youths to enroll in, attend, and succeed in school, including, if appropriate, in preschool programs.

Federal McKinney-Vento Grant Recipients

The following school districts are recipients of a three-year grant (2022-2025):

Central Valley (consortium)
Kim Kyle
509-558-5513

Centralia
Natasha Babka
360-827-6430

Clover Park
Taylor Velazquez
253-583-5156

Conway
Sallie Miller
360-445-5785 ext.5526

Coupeville
Arianna Bumgarner
262-528-3774

Evergreen (Clark)
McKenzie English
360-604-4174

Highline
Antonio Lewis
206-631-3256

Hoquiam
Noemi (Amy) Butcher
360-538-8295

Kelso
Nancy Baldwin
360-501-1993

Marysville
Deanna Bashour
360-965-0049

Mount Adams
Cesar Hernandez
509-848-5732

Mount Baker (consortium)
Ian Linterman
360-383-2012

Mount Vernon
Brad Edwards
360-428-6141

North Mason
Cris Turner
360-277-2241

North Thurston
Brenda McAferty
360-561-2095

Ocean Beach
​​​​​​Elly Rosaire
360-214-0000

Okanogan
Julia O'Connor
509-826-7612

Olympia
Leslie Gowell
360-596-6313

Seattle
Jeanea Proctor-Mills
206-743-3548

Shelton
Krystal Moore
360-549-6703 ​​​

South Whidbey
Mary Michell
360-221-6808 ext. 4320

Spokane
Sarah Miller
509-354-7305

Sumner
Amanda Mangan
253-891-6135

Tacoma
Christiane Paget
253-571-1283

Vancouver
Amber Hawkins
360-313-1483 ext. 1483

Wahluke
Lluviana Mendoza
509-932-4565

Wenatchee
Carmela Solorio Preciado
509-663-8161 

Woodland
Jake Hall
360-841-2725

Yelm
Shannon Gubser
360-458-6124

 

Homeless Student Stability Education Program

The state Homeless Student Stability Education Program (HSSEP) Grant is an additional competitive grant opportunity available to increase districts’ capacity to identify and support student experiencing homelessness; prioritizing districts that reflect geographic diversity within the state. Funds are complementary to McKinney-Vento Act dollars with greater weight given to districts that demonstrate a commitment to:

• Partnering with local housing and community-based organizations
• Serving the needs of unaccompanied youth
• And, implementing evidence-informed strategies to address the opportunity gap and other systemic inequities that negatively impact students experiencing homelessness and students of color.

Districts may access both federal and state funding to support students experiencing homelessness, however HSSeP funding must be supplemental in nature, and not supplant Title I or McKinney Vento funding allocated for the same purpose.

• RCW 28A.300.542
• House Bill 1622

State Homeless Student Stability Education Program Grant Recipients

The following school districts are recipients of a one-year grant (2024-2025):

Bellingham
Isabel Meaker
360-676-2790

Bethel
Danielle Stanford
253-800-2253

Central Kitsap
Haylie Mabe
360-662-1764

Clover Park
Taylor Velazquez
253-583-5156

Coupeville
Arianna Bumgarner
262-528-3774

Edmonds
Francisco Gonzalez Robles
425-431-7201

Everett
Amy Perusse
425-385-4032

Evergreen (Clark)
Michelle Gascon
360-604-4174

Federal Way
Sophie Afework
253-945-2165

Granite Falls
Cassidy Fouts
360-691-7717

Highline
Antonio Lewis
206-631-3256

Hood Canal
Monica Carlson
360-877-5463 X228

Kelso
Nancy Baldwin
360-501-1993

Kennewick
Yesenia Chavez
509-222-6834

Lake Stevens
Sarah Danielson
425-335-1589

Marysville
Deanna Bashour
360-965-0049

Mead
Kelly Schultz
509-465-6008

Moses Lake
Yahira Nava
509-793-7631

Mount Adams
Cesar Hernandez
509-848-5732

Mount Vernon
Brad Edwards
360-428-6141

North Thurston
Brenda McAferty
360-412-4484

Oak Harbor
Nadine Cushway
360-279-5784

Ocosta
Ben Toney
360-268-9125 x2004

Orondo
Clara Garcia
253-583-5156

Puyallup
Julie Stutz
253-435-6500

Renton
Michele Starkey
425-204-2295

Ridgefield
Tiffany Gould
360-619-1317

Selah
Sasha Washut
509-698-8309

Sequim
Cathy Bourm
360-528-3674 

Shelton
Krystal Moore
360-462-2111

Snoqualmie Valley
Kimberly Mackey
425-831-8057

South Kitsap
Tiffany Buckley
360-874-7054

South Whidbey
Mary Michell
360-221-6808 ext 4320

Spokane
Sarah Miller
509-354-7305

Tacoma
Christiane Paget
253-571-1283

Tonasket
Cayla Monroe-Sellers
509-486-4933

Tukwila
Julie Herdt
206-901-7633

Tumwater
Terri Turner
360-709-7056

Wahluke
Lluviana Mendoza
509-932-4565

Wapato
Marilyn Bergevin
509-877-4181

Wenatchee
Carmela Solorio Preciado
509-488-2659

Woodland
Jake Hall
360-841-2716

Yelm
Shannon Gubser
360-481-3830