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Subcommitt subcommittee. Represents from advocacy and Veterans Service groups testified as well as officials with the departments of veterans affair, labor and housing and urban development. Subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here. Its my pleasure to welcome you to todays subcommittee, joint subcommittee on health and subcommittee on Economic Opportunity oversight hearing on veteran homelessness. Want to apologize first for being a little late. I had another obligation in my responsibility on the budget committee, and my colleague, brad wenstrupu chair...

Opportunity oversight hearing on veteran homelessness. I want to apologize first for being a little late. I had another obligation in my responsibility on the budget committee. And my breathe brad winstrup, chair of the Health Subcommittee will not be able to make it and so im going to preside. We have the vha subcommittee chair Julie Brownley and her capable leadership. Thanks for being here. Then my friend from texas and Ranking Member of the subcommittee for Economic Opportunity, orourke is joining me as well. Our chairman is joining us. Thank you, dr. Rowe, for coming, i want to begin by a...

Savings accounts are made quarterly. So after a fiscal quarter ends, parents report back to the state department of education and what they use the cards for. They report the cards back to the seats. The department reviews them, makes sure everything is in line and then they make the next quarters dispersement. The county can intervene and withhold funding from the next dispersement is f. F there is a problem with the families using the card. They recently said there have only been five instances where there is a significant financial, you know, issue or misuse of the card which among which is...

Programs, or Education Savings Accounts, which were here to discuss today, provide families the opportunity to choose schools and learning options that meet their childs individual and unique learning needs. Instead of being assigned to a school based on where their parents live these models of School Choice and free people free children from assignment by zip code residential policies that bound them to a school in their neighborhood. Milton friedman says School Choice ensures children are free to choose and free to learn. It was in 1955 that friedman first outlined this concept of School Vou...

The future. Even when we go on the hill, there are less and less people who served in the military. Our ability to communicate and dialogue will be important for us and our kids. Going forward. You think about what has happened since 9 11. The incredible support we have across the United States and support for our military am a w will that support military, will that support wane a little bit . This communication through School Boards whether through mcec or other organizations like this, that is what we have to do to make sure we have support. It is hard to grow up as a military child as you ...