By James V. Haug

You want to entice families to come to family literacy night by offering entertainment ... Can you use Title I funds to pay for it? The answer is, it depends. This resource deciphers the financial side of family engagement, so you know how Title I funds can and cannot be spent to facilitate a variety of family engagement activities.

Gain confidence that you're investing in Title I families within spending parameters with:

• Guidance on setting aside a portion of your Title I allocation for family engagement and equitable services to private school families
• A flowchart of considerations before spending funds on food, to help you justify the spending to auditors
• Examples of schools' inappropriate spending that led to audit trouble -- mistakes that you can now avoid
• Districts' best practices and sample policies you can adapt to put the law into practice