The employment rate was virtually the same for youth from juvenile facilities and adult correctional facilities. Study data suggest, however, that the youth who find work have problems holding a job. For example, two-thirds of the youth studied who had been in the community at least 5 months had held more than one job since their release. For those who find work, the work is low-paying. Slightly less than 10 percent of participants had been reinstitutionalized by their second post-release interview.
Education administration is structured separately from corrections administration.
State education administrators support the N or D program and facilitate communication with SA administrators. State agency administrators, in turn, facilitate communication with educational administrators at the facility level. Both SEA and SA staffs contribute to effectiveness by conducting regular audits, establishing and maintaining high State standards, supporting staff efforts, and assisting in preparing the Chapter 1 application. Chapter 1 funds are used as seed money for designing and implementing innovative programs. Effective programs coordinate instruction between the Chapter 1 and regular programs.