FALL RIVER — Fall River Public Schools are set to receive $50,000 to support homeless students.
The Healey-Driscoll administration announced Tuesday that 47 public school districts across Massachusetts will receive more than $1.7 million in federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Education grants , supporting more than 20,000 students who are homeless at some point during the school year.
Fall River’s amount was determined by the number of grant priorities applied for and the number of enrolled homeless students the district serves.
This school year alone, Fall River has served 198 students and their families facing homelessness, according to Cynthia Couto, director of Parent and Community Engagement Center, and who also serves as the McKinney-Vento district liaison.
Last year’s data is even more jarring, with 572 students identified and supported, including children or youth awaiting foster care placement. Not including that subgroup, the number dropped to 392.
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