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HEA: State Grants for Incarcerated Youth Offenders - 2005

CFDA Number: 84.331A - Grants to States for Workplace and Community Transition Training for Incarcerated Youth Offenders


Program Goal: Contribute to the reduction of recidivism by providing incarcerated youth offenders with educational services
Objective 8.1 of 1: State Grants for Incarcerated Youth Offenders
Indicator 8.1.1 of 1: Improved vocational and academic achievement: Completion of a degree or certificate by students participating in the program
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
The percentage of students participating in the program completing a postsecondary education certificate, associate of arts or bachelor's degree in the facility during the program year
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
2002   50
2003   50
2004 50 50
2005   50
2006   55
2007   60


  		Additional Source Information: Data are provided in periodic reports from grantees.

Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2004 - 2005
Data Available: October 2005
Validated By: On-Site Monitoring By ED.

Limitations: Data are based on continuous enrollment. Therefore, the current enrollment is being compared to the outcome of graduates, including individuals served in the prior year and those still enrolled at year end. This distorts the numbers when the program is either growing or contracting. Programs differ in objectives and degrees/certificates offered, so very different outcomes are being combined. Reporting is inconsistent from state to state. Some data being combined may not be reliable.

 

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