Title I-D: Educational Support for Neglected, Delinquent or At-Risk Children and Youth

Subpart 1 & 2

Subpart 1

States receive formula funds based on the number of children in State-operated institutions and per-pupil educational expenditures. Each State's allocation is generated by child counts in State juvenile institutions that provide at least 20 hours of instruction from nonfederal funds and adult correctional institutions that provide 15 hours of instruction a week. The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (DEED)  then makes subgrants to school districts who provide educational services to children and youth in State Department of Juvenile Justice facilities located in their district. These facilities are:

• Johnson Youth Center (Juneau)
• McLaughlin Youth Center (Anchorage)
• Bethel Youth Facility (Lower Kuskokwim)
• Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility (Kenai)
• Mat-Su Youth Facility (Mat-Su)
• Fairbanks Youth Facility (Fairbanks)

Funds must be used to either target services to children and youth most in need of supplemental services or may be used to implement institution-wide programs designed to improve the entire educational program and to serve the entire student population in institutions for neglected or delinquent youth. In addition to providing supplemental educational services to students while they are in an institution, program funds also support the transition of children and youth into educational programs or employment after they leave the institution.

Subpart 2

Under local agency programs DEED awards subgrants to districts with high numbers or percentages of children and youth in locally operated juvenile correctional facilities, including facilities involved in community day programs. SEAs may subgrant these funds by formula, or on a competitive basis. Alaska awards Subpart 2 allocations on a competitive basis every three years.

Funds must be used to operate district-based programs for non-institutionalized, at-risk children and youth, and programs for children and youth in correctional facilities, including institutions for delinquent children that have established formal agreements with the LEA regarding services to be provided. Subgrantees must use a portion of those funds to operate a dropout prevention program in a local school(s) that targets at-risk children and youth.

Transition and support programs operated under this subpart shall be designed primarily to meet the transitional and academic needs of students returning to local educational agencies or alternative education programs from correctional facilities. Services to students at-risk of dropping out of school shall not have a negative impact on meeting the transitional and academic needs of the students returning from correctional facilities.

Funds must be used to:

1. carry out high quality education programs to prepare children and youth for secondary school completion, training, employment, or further education;
2. provide activities to facilitate the transition of such children and youth from the correctional program to further education or employment; and,
3. operate programs in local schools, including schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, for children and youth returning from correctional facilities, and programs which may serve at-risk children and youth.

Annual Child Count

Each year DEED must conduct the Annual Report of Children in Institutions for Neglected or Delinquent Children, Adult Correctional Institutions, and Community Day Programs (Annual Child Count) for the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to be able to allocate Title I, Part D funds accordingly. DEED works with districts, and their respective facilities and programs, to identify children and youth who are neglected or delinquent (N or D) as defined by ED.

LOCAL AGENCIES

Definitions

Neglected Facility: A public or private residential facility or community day program other than a foster home that is operated primarily for the care of children ages 5-17 who have been committed or voluntarily placed under applicable state law because of abandonment, neglect or death of parents or guardian.

Delinquent Facility: A public or private residential facility or community day program other than a foster home that is operated primarily for the care of children ages 5-17 who have been adjudicated to be delinquent or in need of supervision.

Local Agency N&D October Count Report FY22

STATE AGENCIES

Eligibility

Facilities that meet ALL requirements below must submit the State Agency N&D October Count Report to DEED each fiscal year.

1. Is a regular program of instruction provided for the children in the institution or community day school?
2. Is the state agency responsible for providing free public education for the children in the institution or community day school?
3. Is the average length of stay in the institution or community day program at least 30 days?

Definitions

• In question 1, a “regular program of instruction” means an education program (not beyond grade 12) in an institution or a community day program for neglected or delinquent children that consists of classroom instruction in basic school subjects such as reading, mathematics, and vocationally oriented subjects, and that is supported by non-federal funds. Neither the manufacture of goods within the institution nor activities related to institutional maintenance are considered classroom instruction.
• In question 2, a “state agency” means an agency of state government responsible for providing free public education for children in institutions for neglected or delinquent children, community day programs for neglected or delinquent children, and adult correctional institutions. In Alaska, state agency institutions are those operated by the Department of Health & Social Services, or by the Department of Corrections, and the instructional program is provided by the school district.
• In question 3, an “average length of stay” is calculated by determining the length of time each child entering the institution stays and dividing that number by the total number of children passing through that institution during a given year. The average length of stay for all children in the institution must equal at least 30 days. An individual child in an institution, however, would not necessarily have to stay for 30 days.

State Agency N&D October Count Report FY22