A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

1. Program Title: Cooperative Demonstration Program

(Correctional Education)

(CFDA 84.199D)

2. Project Title: Vanderbilt University

3. Award Number: Vl99D20053

4. Project Director: James Lent

Awardee: Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Address: 246 Wilson Pike Circle

Brentwood, Tennessee 37027

Telephone: (615) 370-5903

FAX: (615) 370-4533

5. Funds By Federal: FY 1992 $ 171,078

Fiscal Year: Other Federal: $

Non-Federal: FY 1992 $ 61,371

Total Funds: $ 232,449

Federal Funds: 74 percent of total funds

6. Award Period: October 1, 1992 - September 30, 1993

7. Federal Project Carolyn Fuqua, Office of Correctional Ed

Officer: (202) 205-562l

8.Objectives: To provide career education, individualized work experience, and transition services to adjudicated youth with disabilities entering his/her home high school or a vocational technical school.

9. Procedures: Vanderbilt University and the Tennessee Department of Youth Development propose to establish a model program to transition adjudicated youth into community life with ongoing support following release. A group home setting for youths ages 15 - 18 will serve as the location for the program. Program principles will be taught and practiced throughout the day. Work experience in community settings will be required of all residents.

10.Outcomes/Results/Products: To provided vocational education and to place each student in a job or post secondary education setting before graduation. To evaluate, document, and disseminate the impact of the program model and its components. Dissemination includes publications, presentations and in-services. A manual describing the treatments, their effectiveness, and how to implement the treatments into correctional special education programs and public schools will be produced.

11.Educational Level: Youth (K-12)

12. Target Population(s): Youth in a group home setting

13. Estimated Number of Trainees: 10-12

14. Partner(s): Tennessee Department of Youth Development