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Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected or

Delinquent (N or D) - 2002
CFDA Number: 84.013 - Title I Program for Neglected and Delinquent Children

Goal 8: To ensure that neglected and delinquent children and youth will have the
opportunity to meet the challenging state standards needed to further their education
and become productive members of society.
Objective 8.1 of 1: Neglected or delinquent (N or D) students will improve academic and vocational skills needed to
further their education or obtain employment.
Indicator 8.1.1 of 1: Progress and achievement: An increasing number of states will show that Neglected or
Delinquent students are obtaining regular high school diplomas, General Equivalency Diplomas, and/or earning
high school course credits.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality

Number of states reporting Status: Unable to judge Frequency: Other.

Collection Period: 2002
Performance Progress: States not required to - 2005
Year Actual Performance
Targets report data for indicator based on Data Available: January
School School prior reauthorization. New 2006
GED Credits GED Credits baseline to be set in 2004. Validated By: No Formal
Verification.
1999 36 12
Explanation: Data last collected
by PES mail survey for 1999 Limitations: Studies of
data. No survey was authorized programs for Neglected
for 2001-2002 data. or Delinquent students
were conducted by
voluntary state and local
surveys through PES.
There has been, and is,
no authorization of
program funds for data
collection. Additionally,
states and local programs
are only required to
provide program
information once every
three years.

Improvements: The
Department plans to
conduct surveys through
a MATO contractor and
invite states to annually
share data for program
indicators.

1/31/2003