Title I

Part D: Prevention & Intervention Programs for Children & Youth Who are Neglected, Delinquent or At Risk

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Goals
Requirements
Subparts 1 & 2
Resources
Definitions
Professional Organizations, Associations, Agencies & Other Resources

Title I, Part D, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), also called the Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth who are Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk Act, provides financial assistance to educational programs for youths in state-operated institutions or community day programs. The program also provides financial assistance to support school division programs involving collaboration with locally operated correctional facilities.

Goals

improve educational services for children and youth in local and state institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth so that such children and youth have the opportunity to meet the same challenging state academic content standards and challenging state student academic achievement standards that all children in the state are expected to meet;
provide such children and youth with the services needed to make a successful transition from institutionalization to further schooling or employment;
prevent at-risk youth from dropping out of school; and
provide a support system to ensure the continued education of youth who either have dropped out or are returning from correctional facilities.

Requirements

The basic requirements of all agencies that receive Title I, Part D, funds are to:

meet the educational needs of children and youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk of involvement in the juvenile justice system, and assist in the transition of these students from correctional facilities to locally operated programs;
ensure that these students have the same opportunities to achieve as students in regular community schools; and
evaluate the program and disaggregate data on participation by gender, race, ethnicity, and age, not less than once every three years.

Subparts 1 & 2

Title I, Part D, pursues the goals through two programs: Subpart 1 and Subpart 2

Subpart 1: State agency programs
- Under state education agency (SEA) programs, VDOE awards subgrants to state agencies based on their proportional share of the commonwealth's adjusted enrollment count of neglected or delinquent children and youths in state-operated institutions.
- A state agency is eligible for assistance under this subpart if the state agency is responsible for providing free public education for children and youth:
  - in institutions for neglected or delinquent children and youth;
  - attending community day programs for neglected or delinquent children and youth; or
  - in adult correctional institutions.
- Using Title I, Part D, Subpart 1 funds, the Virginia Department of Education supports educational services to help children identified as failing or at-risk of failing state standards and supplements and improves educational services provided to children in state operated institutions for neglected and delinquent youth.
- Subpart 1 funds are allocated to two state agencies:
  - Department of Juvenile Justice
    Administered by Jacqueline Nelson
    Phone: (804) 692-0282
    E-mail: jacqueline.nelson@djj@virginia.gov
  - VDOE State Operated Programs
    Administered by Lynne Kendal-Wilson
    Phone: (804) 692-0395
    E-mail: lynne.kendal-wilson@doe.virginia.gov
Subpart 2: Local agency programs
- Under local education agency (LEA) programs, the Virginia Department of Education awards subgrants to 12 school divisions with the highest numbers of children and youth in locally operated juvenile correctional facilities, including facilities involved in community day programs.
- Using Subpart 2 funds, the Virginia Department of Education supports LEA programs that involve collaboration between LEAs and locally operated correctional facilities to:
  - establish quality educational programs that prepare neglected or delinquent youth to obtain a high school diploma, to complete a General Educational Development (GED) certificate program, or to enter training or employment programs, or further their education;
  - facilitate the transition from the correctional facility to the local school or employment; and
  - operate dropout prevention programs for at-risk youth in local schools and/or youth returning from correctional /delinquent facilities.

Resources

Monitoring – States are required to monitor Subpart 1 and Subpart 2 programs on a regular cycle.
- SEA Monitoring Protocol, Subpart 1, State Agency (PDF) | (Word)
- SEA Monitoring Protocol, Subpart 1, Facility Visits
- Introduction to the Federal Program Monitoring Document (PDF) | (Word)
- SEA Monitoring Protocol, Subpart 2, LEA
- Five-Year Cycle – Divisions Monitored for 2009-2010 through 2013-2014 (PDF) – Federal Program Monitoring Schedule
Federal Legislation, Policy Guidance & Virginia's Consolidated Application
Title I Applications
- All ESEA/NCLB Title applications, the Local Consolidated Application, OMEGA video modules, and technical assistance documents can be found on the Applications for Federal Funds page.
The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center for the Education for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk (NDTAC) was established in 2002 through support from the U.S. Department of Education (USED). NDTAC serves as a national resource center to provide direct assistance to states, school divisions, schools, communities, and parents seeking information on the education of children and youth who are considered neglected, delinquent, or at-risk.

Definitions

Neglected and Delinquent Children and Youth – a child age 5 through 17 living in an "institution for neglected children and youth," which means a public or private residential facility, other than a foster home, that is operated primarily for the care of children and youth who (a) have been committed to the institution or voluntarily placed in the institution under applicable state law due to abandonment, neglect, or death of their parents or guardians; and (b) have had an average length of stay in the institution of at least 30 days; or living in an "institution for delinquent children and youth," which means a public or private residential facility that is operated for the care of children and youth who (a) have been adjudicated to be delinquent or in need of supervision and (b) have had an average length of stay in the institution of at least 30 days.
Adult correctional institution means a facility in which persons (including persons under 21 years of age) are confined as a result of a conviction for a criminal offense. (Source: Public Law 107-110 – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title I, Part D – Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk; Subpart 3 – General Provisions; Section 1432 – Definitions)
At-risk when used with respect to a child, youth, or student, means a school-aged individual who is at-risk of academic failure, has a drug or alcohol problem, is pregnant or is a parent, has come into contact with the juvenile justice system in the past, is at least one year behind the expected grade level for the age of the individual, has limited English proficiency, is a gang member, has dropped out of school in the past, or has a high absenteeism rate at school. (Source: Public Law 107-110 – No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Title I, Part D – Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk; Subpart 3 – General Provisions; Section 1432 – Definitions)
Institution for neglected children and youth means a public or private residential facility, other than a foster home, that is operated primarily for the care of children and youth who:
- have been committed to the institution or voluntarily placed in the institution under applicable state law due to abandonment, neglect, or death of their parents or guardians; and
- have had an average length of stay in the institution of at least 30 days. (Source: 34 CFR Part 200, Regulations for Title I, Section 200.90 – Program Definitions)
Institution for delinquent children and youth means a public or private residential facility that is operated for the care of children and youth who (a) have been adjudicated to be delinquent or in need of supervision; and (b) have had an average length of stay in the institution of at least 30 days. (Source: 34 CFR Part 200, Regulations for Title I, Section 200.90 – Program Definitions)

Professional Organizations, Associations, Agencies & Other Resources

Building Blocks for Youth
Children's Research Center (CRC)
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (CECP)
Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CfJJ)
Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD)
Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA)
IDEA Practices
Juvenile Justice Telecommunications Assistance Project (JJTAP)
Juvenile Law Center (JLC)
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice (NCMHJJ)
National Center on Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice (EDJJ)
National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD)
National Dropout Prevention Center) (NDPC
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Southern Juvenile Defender Center (SJDC)
Southwest Key Program
Youth Law Center

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