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Child Care Access Means Parents in School Program -

2002
CFDA Number: 84.335 - Child Care Access Means Parents in School

Goal 8: To support the participation of low-income parents in the postsecondary

education system through the provisions of campus-based child care services.
Objective 8.1 of 1: Increase access for low-income parents to postsecondary institutions.
Indicator 8.1.1 of 1: Persistence/Completion rate: The percentage of students receiving child care services who
persist in and complete postsecondary education will meet or exceed target rate.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality

Median percentage of Retention Rate Status: Unable to judge Frequency: Other.

Collection Period: 2002
Performance Progress: The percentage of - 2003
Year Actual Performance
Targets students receiving child care Data Available: April
2001 79 80 services who persist in post- 2003
secondary education varies Validated By: No Formal
widely between projects. Of the Verification.
76 respondents that reported Data will be supplied by
data on persistence rates, the child care centers with no
rates varied between 11 and 100 formal verification
percent, with a median of 79 procedure provided.
percent. 13 of the grantees
reported 100 percent retention Limitations: Most
rates. grantees reported
retention data in their first
Explanation: New program: year reports but the
Little performance data available. program is over. Unsure
Performance data will be of the percentage of child
collected through 18 month care centers that will be
Performance Reports. One year able to obtain completion
of retention rate data is available, data.
and no completion rate data is
available. The program
management set performance
goals for the 2003 Annual Plan.
However, it will be Fall 2004
before the completion rate
measure will be meaningful.

1/31/2003