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Help San Jose's Youth: Donations Matched

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As a High School PE Teacher, I learned that there are many students in the Foster care system. Beyond that, many are unhoused. San Jose, ESUHSD where I am currently subbing the most, has a very high population of unhoused students. This greatly affects not only quality of life, but their ability to participate in their own education to be able to move forward. This is heartbreaking and I want to be able to do whatever I can to support our youth. Although I am tying each fundraiser to a specific meet, this will be open for quite a while. I will push it specifically in conjunction with the USA Powerlifting California Summer 2025 (CA-2025-18) meet hosted in Iron Warehouse in Hayward, CA. This is my last meet of the themed series and at the end of the summer so I would like to donate the funds raised for the start of the school year.
Donations will be accepted through July 19th, 2025. Bratpack Productions will match 100% of the donations made.

The East Side Education Foundation is proud to serve as the fiscal agent for the East Side Union High School District's McKinney-Vento Program, which provides direct support and services to students experiencing homelessness to ensure their academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs are met. Learn more here and use the form on this page to make a donation today.

If you'd prefer to send a check, please make it payable to "East Side Education Foundation" and include "McKinney-Vento" on the memo line. Checks should be mailed to:

McKinney-Vento Program
c/o East Side Education Foundation
645 Wool Creek Drive
San José, CA 95112

Thank you in advance for your support!

The East Side Education Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, ID #26-4148665. Donations are tax deductible.


The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
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Subtitle VII-B of The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act authorizes the federal Education for Homeless Children and Youth EHCY P and is the primary piece of federal legislation related to the education of children and youth experiencing homelessness. It was reauthorized in December 2015 by Title IX, Part A, of the Every Student Succeeds Act ESSA .

Legislation
View the full text of theMcKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Title IX, Part A of ESSA).
View the McKinney-Vento Definition of Homelessness (legislative excerpt).
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San Jose, CA

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