The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Montana Office of Public Instruction $397,900 on July 1, 2026, through the Education for Homeless Children and Youth formula grant program (CFDA 84.196). The award funds services to ensure homeless children and youth have equal access to free, appropriate public education alongside other students in elementary and secondary schools. Performance runs through September 30, 2027, with work performed in Helena, Montana. The Montana Office of Public Instruction, as the state educational agency, receives the formula allocation and distributes subgrants competitively to local educational agencies on the basis of need and application quality. The program requires grantees to maintain records for three years and subjects entities expending $750,000 or more annually in federal awards to single or program-specific audit.