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MV Update

May 27th, 2025

MV Update May 27th, 2025
MV UpdateMay 27th, 2025

December 17th, 2025 December 17th, 2025

Important Important

  • Kent Homeless Resource Centers - Westminster & Crossroads
  • List of Free Hot Meals in Grand Rapids
  • ACCF Food Pantries, Meals, and Resources page
  • List of Free Thanksgiving Meals in West Michigan

MV Reimbursement Updates MV Reimbursement Updates

  • 🎉We are starting to load MV allocations into eCivis🎉
  • We anticipate that reimbursements will begin after the holiday break
  • Remember that in addition to LEA allocations for Education items, Welfare items, and Excess Transportation we have centralized funds that you can request for before / after care, academic mentorship, and student fees
  • Business office staff will be submitting the reimbursements in the new system

HUD Funding Update HUD Funding Update

  • HUD has withdrawn the current harmful NOFO and intends to revise it, we are unsure of what revisions will be (read article)
  • Litigation continues Friday, 12/19th at - the hearing will be streamed at 10am - Remote Hearing: Public Access Instructions

Upcoming Events & PD Upcoming Events & PD

  • GRPL Ask a Doctor series - click for info and dates
  • Jan. 14th - Allegan AESA MV Consortium / Liaison meeting, 10am - 12pm
  • Virtual Sessions from the MDE LGBTQ+ Students Project

Liaison List Liaison List

What should I be doing now?

  • Students who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence are MV eligible
  • Check with UHY to see if they have supports during the winter break (AYA, The Bridge, etc.)
  • Remind students and families of when school will begin in January
  • Consider adding 211 or links to other resources in your away messages
  • If possible, take time for yourself 🎁

Resources Resources

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  • Article - Bringing comfort to students impacted by immigration crackdown
  • Article - 'Food Insecurity' and Other Words that Sanitize Poverty
  • Fair Housing Source of Income Protections sheet
  • Updated – An Undocumented Student’s Guide to College (and FAFSA) in Michigan

  • Presentation – Supporting Students Separated from Parents Due to Deportation
  • NEW from MDE A Resource for Local Education Agencies and Schools Supporting Students Separated from Parents or Legal Guardians Due to Deportation Proceedings

FAQ of the Day FAQ of the Day

Are there efforts to align the McKinney-Vento Act definition of homeless with HUD's definition?

  • Yes
  • The Homeless Children and Youth Act would align the definitions
  • Read more about this legislation here

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