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U.S. Department of Education

Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)

Division of National Programs (DNP)

Program Title:Functional Literacy for State and Local Prisoners Program (CFDA 84.255A)

Project Title:The LaGuardia Job Literacy Program

Award Number:V255A30021

Project Director/ Shirley Miller, Director

Community Service Programs

(for Corrections Liaison and Administration)

Alexis Frazier, Director

The Adult Learning Center

(for Instruction and Curriculum Development)

Awardee/ LaGuardia Community College

Division of Adult and Continuing Education

Street Address/ 31-10 Thomson Avenue

City, State, Zip/ Long Island City, New York 11101

Telephone/ (718) 482-5321 or (718) 482-5383

FAX: (718) 482-5136

Funds By: Federal: FY 1993 $250,000

Fiscal Year: Other Federal: $

Non-Federal: FY 1993 $ 74,775

Total Funds: $324,775

Federal Funds - 77% of total funds

Award Period: January 1, 1992 - December 31, 1993

Federal Project Carolyn Fuqua, Office of Correctional Education

Officer: (202) 205-5621

Objectives: To provide contextualized literacy instruction for 344 detainees, increasing their reading levels, their capacity to enter the workforce, and their capacity to remain out of jail. To develop appropriate curriculum and to evaluate outcomes.

Procedures: (1) Job Lit I--four 8-week cycles, each with five levels 10-hour per week small group instruction supported by an additional 10 of peer tutoring in a specialized dorm setting with New York City Department of Corrections self-esteem counseling and (2) Job Lit II--four 8-week cycles, each with three levels 10-hour per week small group instruction only, with inmates housed in separate dorms.

Outcomes/Results/Products: Job Lit will yield (1) increased participant reading skills; (2) prototypes student work for each level portfolio evaluation; (3) post-program referral into community programs; (4) collection of data for projected evaluation of skill achievement, self-esteem, and post-program recidivism of Job Lit I and Job Lit II participants; (5) correlation of TABE and TALS tests.

Educational Level(s): Job Lit I--LEP/RL O - 8.0+; Job Lit II--RL O 7.9

Target Population(s): Incarcerated Adults

Estimated Number of Trainees: 344 in 1993

Partner(s): New York City Dept.of Corr./Otis Bantum Correctional Facility