[State Grants for Incarcerated Youth Offenders]{.smallcaps}

Goal: To increase access to and achievement in correctional education
programs that will aid in the reintegration of prisoners into their
communities.

**Relationship of Program to Volume 1, Department-wide Objectives:** The
activities of the State Grants for Incarcerated Youth Offenders Program
support Objectives 3.4 (lifelong learning) and 2.4 (special populations
receive appropriate services).

FY 2000---\$14,000,000

FY 2001---\$12,000,000 (Requested budget)

Objective 1: Grantees will develop and implement improved educational
programs that include postsecondary education and vocational training.

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| ar | ormance** | Targets**   | available at     | evaluation       |
| ** |           |             | this time to     | reports.         |
|    |           |             | assess progress  |                  |
|    |           |             | toward meeting   | *Frequency:*     |
|    |           |             | performance      | Annually.        |
|    |           |             | targets.         |                  |
|    |           |             |                  | *Next Update:*   |
|    |           |             | **Explanation:** | Spring 2000.     |
|    |           |             | Congress first   |                  |
|    |           |             | enacted this     | **Validation     |
|    |           |             | program -- and   | Procedure:** The |
|    |           |             | the Department   | Department will  |
|    |           |             | first awarded    | validate data    |
|    |           |             | state grants -   | through the use  |
|    |           |             | in 1998.         | of National      |
|    |           |             | Performance data | Center for       |
|    |           |             | will be          | Education        |
|    |           |             | available in     | Statistics       |
|    |           |             | spring 2000.     | review           |
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|    |           |             |                  | Improvements:**  |
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|    |           |             |                  | limitations are  |
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Objective 2: Improve access to postsecondary education and job placement
programs for incarcerated persons to help offenders reintegrate into
their communities after release.

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|    |           |             | performance      | Annually.        |
|    |           |             | targets.         |                  |
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|    |           |             | **Explanation:** | Spring 2001.     |
|    |           |             | Performance data |                  |
|    |           |             | will be          | **Validation     |
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|    |           |             | Performance      | validate data    |
|    |           |             | targets will be  | through the use  |
|    |           |             | set beginning in | of National      |
|    |           |             | fall 2001.       | Center for       |
|    |           |             |                  | Education        |
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|    |           |             |                  | Improvements:**  |
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|    |           |             | toward meeting   | Correctional     |
|    |           |             | performance      | Education        |
|    |           |             | targets.         | Association      |
|    |           |             |                  | Recidivism       |
|    |           |             | **Explanation:** | Study.           |
|    |           |             | This study will  |                  |
|    |           |             | include data on  | *Frequency:*     |
|    |           |             | a sub-sample of  | Annually.        |
|    |           |             | correctional     |                  |
|    |           |             | education        | *Next Update:*   |
|    |           |             | participants who | Spring 2002.     |
|    |           |             | meet minimum     |                  |
|    |           |             | eligibility      | **Validation     |
|    |           |             | requirements for | Procedure:** The |
|    |           |             | this state grant | Department will  |
|    |           |             | program. Given   | validate data    |
|    |           |             | varying release  | through the use  |
|    |           |             | dates, as well   | of National      |
|    |           |             | as ample time to | Center for       |
|    |           |             | gather           | Education        |
|    |           |             | recidivism data  | Statistics       |
|    |           |             | -- for at least  | review           |
|    |           |             | one year after   | procedures and   |
|    |           |             | release -        | Statistical      |
|    |           |             | performance data | Standards.       |
|    |           |             | will be          |                  |
|    |           |             | available in     | **Limitations of |
|    |           |             | spring 2002.     | Data and Planned |
|    |           |             |                  | Improvements:**  |
|    |           |             | Given the first  | This study will  |
|    |           |             | availability of  | not be able to   |
|    |           |             | performance data | track the        |
|    |           |             | in spring 2002,  | recidivism of    |
|    |           |             | performance      | all students who |
|    |           |             | targets will be  | participate in   |
|    |           |             | set beginning in | correctional     |
|    |           |             | fall 2002.       | education        |
|    |           |             |                  | programs funded  |
|    |           |             |                  | through this     |
|    |           |             |                  | state grant      |
|    |           |             |                  | program*.*       |
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**[Key Strategies]{.smallcaps}**

[Strategies Continued from 1999]{.underline}

-   With limited information available to grantees concerning effective
    correctional education approaches, the program will continue
    developing a network among grantees to exchange information on
    promising correctional education strategies.

-   As a result of difficulties grantees encounter in the area of data
    collection, the program will continue assisting state grantees to
    improve their data collection systems, beginning with the initial
    compilation of baseline information on student's participation and
    completion rates.

[New or Strengthened Strategies]{.underline}

-   To address the need of grantees to identify relevant education and
    job training information, the program is helping grantees to locate
    appropriate regional information on postsecondary education and job
    placement programs for students after their release.

**[How This Program Coordinates With Other Federal
Activities]{.smallcaps}**

-   In an effort to identify promising approaches and to strengthen
    technical assistance efforts in correctional education and job
    training and placement programs, the Office of Correctional
    Education participates in the interagency Coordinating Council on
    Correctional Education with representatives from within the
    Department, such as Office of Elementary and Secondary Education,
    the Office of Postsecondary Education, and the Office of Legislative
    and Congressional Affairs and other Federal agencies, including the
    Department of Justice, the Department of Health and Human Services,
    and the Department of Labor.

**[Challenges to Achieving Program Goal]{.smallcaps}**

-   Given the recent enactment of this program and unavailability of
    data to assess progress to date, no challenges are noted at this
    time.

**[Indicator Changes]{.smallcaps}**

**From** **FY 1999** **Annual Plan (two** **years old)**

[Adjusted]{.underline}---None.

[Dropped]{.underline}

-   **Improved participation in post-release assistance programs
    (1.2).** This indicator was dropped due to a lack of a reliable and
    consistent instrument to collect data across states.

-   **Improved participation in GED programs (2.1).** This indicator was
    dropped because a GED is a prerequisite for participation in the
    program.

**From** **FY 2000** **Annual Plan (last year's)**

[Adjusted]{.underline}

-   All indicators have been adjusted to include numerical performance
    targets.

-   **Improved recidivism rates (1.3)** was moved to be more
    appropriately placed under Objective 2, which addresses
    reintegration of individuals into their communities after their
    release.

-   **Improved academic and vocational achievement (1.2).** By fall
    2000, student achievement scores on testing measures will improve
    and the number of students obtaining vocational skill certificates
    will increase*.*

-   **Increased participation in job placement programs and improved job
    retention rates (2.1).** By fall 2000, the rate of students
    obtaining jobs and retaining jobs will be higher than those of
    comparison groups. This indicator was modified to lessen the
    emphasis on the outcome of placement in programs and heighten the
    emphasis on the more direct outcome of obtaining employment.

[Dropped]{.underline}

-   **Improved completion rates (1.1).** Although an increase in the
    number of students completing educational programs remains a high
    priority, this indicator was dropped due to a lack of a reliable and
    consistent instrument to collect data across states.

-   **Improved access to information on postsecondary education programs
    and job placement programs (2.2).** External peer reviews/customer
    satisfaction surveys of Office of Correctional Education technical
    support and mail response will show increasing satisfaction with
    quality of information provided. Although customer satisfaction with
    Office of Correctional Education products and services remains a
    high priority, this indicator was dropped due to the lack of a
    reliable and consistent instrument to collect data across states.
    Data from multiple sources will be tracked internally to assess
    progress in meeting this indicator.

[New]{.underline}---None.