United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 29 (111th)
Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2009
Introduced
6 January 2009
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
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Summary
Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to redefine "homeless" or "homeless individual or homeless person" to include: (1) a child or youth who has been verified as homeless by a local educational agency (LEA) homeless liaison, and the family of such child or youth; (2) a youth verified as homeless by the director (or a designee) of a program funded under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act; (3) a child verified as homeless by the program director (or designee) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the child's family; and (4) a child verified as homeless by the Head Start program director (or designee) under the Head Start Act, and the child's family.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 January 2009
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 6 January 2009
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 6 January 2009
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/29
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/29