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Educational Assistance for Institutionalized Neglected or
Delinquent Children. October 5, 1977. 1 pp.
Testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor:
Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education Subcommittee; by
Gregory J. Ahart, Director, Human Resoarces Div.
Issue Area: Education, Training, and Employment Programs:
Programs for Specific Target %Gr ups (1108).
'ontact: Human Resources Div.
Budget Function: Education, Manpower, and Social Services:
Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational EducatioT (501).
Organizaticn Concerned: Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Education and Labor:
Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education Subcommittee.
Authority: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended.
State and local insitutions are authorized to receive
educational asistance under title I of the Elementary and
secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. Existing funding
formulas give priority to institutions that serve youths who are
likely to be exposed to educational services fcr a relatively
short period and restrict services to the time that youths are
institutionalized. Yieldvotk and results of questionnaires
showed tha+ neglected youths are institutionalized more than
twice as long as delinquent youths. After re],oase, younger
youths are more likely to continue their education. Institutions
did little to assist youths in their transition to schools in
the community and little was done by probation and parole
officers or social workers towards educational assistance.
Priority should be given to educational services for neglected
youths who are likely to receive education for a longer time.
This would require amending legislation to change funding
formulas and establish criteria giving priority consideration to
insitutions serving younger children and empharizirig
transitional services. The Department of Health, Education, and
welfare disagreed with these proposals. 'hTW)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxwa0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)