On any given day, tens of thousands of American youth reside in the care of juvenile justice or child welfare systems. These young people are particularly vulnerable to academic failure, subsequent involvement in the justice or other social service systems, and sustained poverty.
Title I, Part D of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (recently amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act), allocates funds to states and school districts to improve educational services for these youth. In 2015-2016, nearly 2,700 state and local programs received a total of $162 million in support of more than 340,000 neglected or delinquent youth.
This study, prepared by AIR for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, was designed to better understand how state and local agencies and facilities use Part D funds for services in support of youth who are neglected and delinquent.
- How do states and local agencies administer Part D programs?
- What types of services and strategies do Part D funds directly support and are otherwise provided to youth in justice and child welfare facilities?
- How do justice and child welfare agencies and facilities assist students in transitioning back to school, including those outside their jurisdictions?
- How do grantees assess the educational outcomes of students in Part D-funded educational programs?