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Correctional Education
Program Title

Grants to States for Workplace and Community

Transition Training for Incarcerated Youth
Offenders
Also Known as
Youth Offender State Grants; State Grants for Incarcerated Youth Offenders
CFDA # (or ED #)
84.331A
Administering Office
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)
Who May Apply (specifically)
State Correctional Education Agencies may apply.
Type of Assistance (by category)
Formula Grants
Appropriations
Fiscal Year 2005 $21,824,000
Fiscal Year 2006 $22,770,000
Fiscal Year 2007 $22,770,000
Fiscal Year 2007 Awards Information
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.

Number of New Awards Anticipated: 50

Average New Award: $455,400
Range of New Awards: $25,495–$2,677,875
Legislative Citation
Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (HEA), Title VIII, Part D, Sec. 821; P.L. 105-244; 20 U.S.C. 1151
Program Regulations
EDGAR
Program Description
This program provides grants to state correctional education agencies to assist and encourage incarcerated youths
in acquiring functional literacy, life, and job skills through the pursuit of postsecondary education certificates,
associate of arts degrees, and bachelor's degrees. They also may receive employment counseling and other related
services that start during incarceration and continue during parole.
Types of Projects
Supported projects include postsecondary education programs.
Education Level (by category)
Out-of-School Youth, Postsecondary
Subject Index
Correctional Education
Contact Information
Name John Linton
E-mail Address John.Linton@ed.gov
 Mailing Address U.S. Department of Education, OVAE
400 Maryland Ave. S.W., Rm. 11053
Washington, DC 20202-7100
Telephone 202-245-6592
Toll-free Telephone 1-800-872-5327 or 1-800-USA-LEARN
Fax 202-245-7170
Name Carlette Huntley
E-mail Address Carlette.Huntley@ed.gov
Mailing Address U.S. Department of Education, OVAE
400 Maryland Ave. S.W., Rm. 11037
Washington, DC 20202-7100
Telephone 202-245-6593
Toll-free Telephone 1-800-872-5327 or 1-800-USA-LEARN
Fax 202-245-7170
Links to Related Web Sites
http://www.ed.gov/programs/transitiontraining/index.html