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.
Download the tool.

This resource from the Oregon Department of Education provides a monitoring protocol, including interview questions and sample evidences of compliance, for districts with and without McKinney-Vento subgrants.
Download the review for LEAs with subgrants.
Download the review for LEAs without subgrants.

These monitoring resources from the Kentucky Department of Education comprise a comprehensive monitoring protocol, including desk-monitoring, on-site monitoring, and coordination with Title I, Part A.
Download the Local Education Agency Monitoring Instrument.
Download the McKinney-Vento Homeless Accountability Data spreadsheet.
Download the Program Desk Audit Form.
Download the Title I, Part A accompanying questions.

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.

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.
Download the tool.

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.