MV Update

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• Registration for many holiday programs (food, gifts, assistance) begins this month
• Some programs are open to all and others are open to clients of specific pantries or resource centers

• Link to master schedule
• Session highlights - Supporting Youth in Foster Care, Title 1 Set Aside, MV Students in CTE & EMC, MV & MHSAA Eligibility, Weighted funding updates

• Submit your final reimbursement requests for the 25/26 grant year in the eCivis system during Oct and Nov
• Allocations for the 26/27 grant year will be available soon

• Senate Bill 1185 would create a state level program to protect the rights of students experiencing homelessness modeled after the federal MV Act
• Senate Bill 1124 would allow minor youth on their own to consent to medically necessary health care

• Article - focused on MI's students and poverty & housing solutions
• NEW - Allegan County CHIP plan has been released
• Opinion article from The 74 - The School Meal Crisis Congress Hid in Plain Sight
• What Schools Might See - TPS Changes resource from ColorínColorado
• 2 Pager for Teachers on TPS Changes
• Kent County Foster Care Alumni Mentorship Initiative
• Changes to Medicaid and SNAP programs flyer
• Upcoming and previously recorded webinars on MV and the Liaison role
• Need / Want a Month by Month Checklist for MV Liaison Activities? Click here
• Allegan Community Resource Directory

• End of 1st Quarter - check attendance, grades / progress, and possible student fees for MV students
• Share information about holiday programs and registration
• Check on families and youth who are camping about plans for when campgrounds close
• Review districts or school policies and make suggestions for any that are barriers for students experiencing homelessness
• Share (and take) the Kent County Community Health Needs Assessment
• Learn about the changes to Medicaid and SNAP starting Oct. 1st
• Are you also the Foster Care Liaison? FC is different than MV - read the MDE Best Practices Resource Guide to get started

• HR 1 made several changes and cuts to both SNAP and Medicaid
• Work requirements, more frequent reporting requirements, the increase in age for adults who must work, and the loss of exemptions for former foster youth and people experiencing homelessness have resulted in thousands of households losing these benefits
• Changes have also impacted many immigrants and humanitarian paroled households who were previously eligible for benefits but are no longer eligible for them
• You may see a reduction in access to health care and food for students and families