This self-assessment tool from the Texas Homeless Education Office assists schools in determining the adequacy of their current services to students in homeless situations. Chapters include questions to answer to evaluate the school’s homeless education program and focus on the following four areas: Awareness/Training, Identification/Enrollment, Delivery of Services, and Interagency Coordinator. Although designed for program monitoring at the school level, the guide can be adapted easily for use at the LEA level.
Download the guide.

These resources from the Nebraska Department of Education demonstrate Nebraska's monitoring of its homeless education programs and its Title I schools in their collaboration with homeless education programs
Download the Compliance Program Review: McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance.
Download the Compliance Program Review: All Title I Schools .

This tool from the Virginia Department of Education provides a bulleted list of questions with an accompanying chart to record monitoring observations and note follow-up action. It includes reference to the specific section of legislation on which the monitoring item is based where appropriate.
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This guide from the Iowa Department of Education includes two review formats: A Basic School and Community Service/Activity Checklist, and a Comprehensive Local Educational Agency Program Review Guide. These tools were developed to be used locally by school district personnel and Boards of Education in assessing needs and planning the development of quality policies and procedures to serve homeless children and youth.
Download the guide in Microsoft Word format.
Download the form in PDF format.
View the form in HTML format.

This instrument from the California Department of Education shows the homeless education portion of a larger monitoring process for federal programs.
Download the instrument.
View the accompanying online training presentation.
Learn more about California's Categorical Program Monitoring (CPM) process.

This checklist from the Oregon Department of Education provides the requirements for LEA homeless education plans and can be used in the construction of a monitoring protocol.
Download the checklist.

This yes/no checklist from the Wisconsin Department of Education provides a set of quick questions that can be asked of a LEA to gauge compliance with the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. An accompanying tool that offers a more detailed interview-format monitoring protocol is also provided.
Download the checklist.
Download the interview protocol.

These monitoring tools from the Tennessee Department of Education provide a complete homeless education monitoring protocol.
Download the End of Grant Cycle Evaluation Report.
Download the On-Site Monitoring Report.
Download the On-Site Monitoring Report (Part 2).

This monitoring protocol from the New Hampshire Department of Education includes monitoring guidelines for subgranted and non-subgranted districts and incorporates the following areas of program compliance and development: Statute implementation; services to eligible homeless students; Title I/McKinney-Vento collaboration; dispute Resolution; and data Collection.
Download the monitoring protocol.

This resource from the South Carolina Department of Education provides a monitoring protocol for homeless education programs. The protocol is formatted in columns with interview questions along the left and space for interviewer notes along the right.
Download the protocol instructions (with interviewer tips in the right column).
Download the blank protocol (with room for interviewer notes in the right column).

This desktop monitoring tool from the Wyoming Department of Education will assist states in monitoring their LEAs for the proper usage of McKinney-Vento subgrant dollars.
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This tool from the California Department of Education is designed to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) in creating and maintaining a compliant homeless education program and answering the question: "What must a program do to be considered compliant with the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act?"
Download the tool.
View the accompanying online training presentation.
Learn more about California's Categorical Program Monitoring (CPM) process.

This tool from the Michigan Department of Education provides non-subgranted districts with a self-assessment monitoring tool to ensure compliance with the McKinney-Vento Act.
Download the tool.