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DOCUMIENT FESU!ME
04251 - (B3554814]
Reevaluation Needed of Educational Assistance for
Institutionalized Neglected or Delinquent Children. HPD-78-11;
B-164031(1). December 19, 1977. 39 pp. + 8 appendices (28 p?.).
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Federally Sponsored or Assisted Education Programs
(3300); Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention (500);Law
Enforcement and Crime Prevention: Effectiveness of
Correctional Programs (514).
Contact: Human Resources Div.
Budget Function: Education, Manpower, and Social Services:
Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education (501); Law
Enforceinaent and Justice: Federal Correctional and
Rehabilitative Activities (753).
Organization Concerned: Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare; Department of Justice.
Congressional Relevance. House Committee on Education and L:Zhor;
Senate Committee on Human Resources; Congress.
Authority: Elementary and Secondary Edu.cation Act of 1965, til!e
I (20 U.S.C. 241a). Child Abuse, Prevention. and Tzeatment
Act (42 U.S.C. 5101). Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. S601). 45 C.F.R. 116.
In recent years, the Office of Education's educational
assistance program, for neglected or delinquent children has
emphasized 'c skills instruction. Older children generally do
not contini 'oling once outside of institutions; younger
children, h , more likely to return to school following
release. The unique because it provides assistance
annually to ov. _nstitutions, but it needs to be
reexamined in reA .o the broader national iss'.ies of
juvenile delinqi i child abuse ind neglect. Ea!cLional
assistance may he top priority for institutionalized
youth. Fitndingb/i- -usions: A nationwide survey of institution
administrators to de:ermine the importance of academic
educational needs in comparison with other problems faced by
youth in institutions indicated that the administrators consider
academic education important but secondary to mental health
needs. Responses to other questions raised concerns as to
whether academic educational needs shoald be the exclusive or
top priority e a Federal service program. Funds for the program
shotIld be distributed on a more selective basis than at present,
but to do so, existing legislation would have to be amended.
Recommendations: The Congress should direct the Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare and the Department of Justice to
examine the uppropziateness and/or exclusiveness of academic
educational services as the top priority of Federal assistance.
Such an undertaking is consistent with the need for a responsive
Federal effort to address the national issues of juvenile
delinquency and child abuse and neglect. (Author/SC)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaawhb0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)