2010

Gang Prevention From Multiple Perspectives: Federal, Research, and Practice (April 2010)

This Webinar explored youth involvement in gangs, including current data and initiatives, research, and prevention and reduction strategies. Dennis Mondoro, Strategic Community Development Officer, and Steffie Rapp, Program Manager, from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), provided a Federal perspective on youth involvement in gangs, discussed OJJDP’s current gang prevention initiatives, and shared national data on this topic. Dr. Finn Esbensen, the Desmond Lee Professor of Youth Crime and Violence in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, discussed the risk factors of gang involvement and how gang prevention and reduction programs should address those risk factors, with a focus on the education setting. Tim Cowan, Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT), School Resource Officer, Garland Police Department, Garland, Texas, and Tony Ostos, Program Manager, Gang Resistance Is Paramount (GRIP), Paramount, CA, provided insight on gangs and discussed the characteristics, strategies and outcomes associated with each gang reduction program.

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• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Serving Children, Families, and Communities by Dennis Mondoro and Steffie Rapp

• Gangs, Risk Factors, and Programs by Finn Esbensen

• The GREAT Program by Tim Cowan

• The GRIP Program by Tony Ostos

• Combined Presentations

Related Resources:

• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

• GREAT Program website

• GRIP Program information

• National Gang Center

Compliance Isn't Built in a Day: The Importance of Ongoing Communication in Subgrantee Monitoring (February 2010)

Onsite monitoring reviews allow agencies to assess subgrantee compliance with funding requirements and provide necessary guidance. However, occasional monitoring visits are often not sufficient to ensure continued subgrantee compliance. This Webinar outlined the importance of ongoing communication between State education agencies and their subgrantees (i.e., other State agencies and local education agencies) and described communication strategies that coordinators of the Part D program can adopt to improve subgrantee compliance over time.

Guest presenters included Melvin Herring (Florida’s State Part D coordinator) and Kenya Haynes (Wyoming’s State Part D coordinator). The Webinar was introduced by Simon Gonsoulin (NDTAC’s director) and moderated by Greta Colombi (NDTAC research analyst).

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• Compliance Isn't Built in a Day: The Importance of Ongoing Communication in Subgrantee Monitoring by Greta Colombi

• Title I, Part D, Program Improvement in Wyoming by Kenya Haynes

• Title I, Part D, Compliance Monitoring: A Constant Connection by Melvin Herring

• Combined Presentations

Related Resources:

• USED’s Title I, Part D, Nonregulatory Guidance: F-1, G-11, Q-1

• Title I, Part D, Update Agenda, Fall 2009 – Wyoming (Word) by Kenya Haynes

• NDTAC's Monitoring & Compliance Library Page

• NDTAC's Subgrantee Monitoring: How do States Monitor Their SAs and LEAs? Webinar

• NDTAC’s A Guide to Meeting Compliance Requirements for the Title I, Part D, Program (PDF)

Please contact your state liaison to request monitoring protocols used by the presenters.

2009

Addressing the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Needs of Juvenile Justice Involved Youth Through Systems of Care (December 2009)

This NDTAC Webinar explored the impact of mental health issues and substance abuse on the lives of young people within the juvenile justice and child welfare systems, as well as on the lives of youth at risk of delinquency and/or academic failure.

Dr. Sharon Hunt, Deputy Director of the Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health (TA Partnership), discussed the system of care approach of providing coordinated, comprehensive, community-based children's mental health services and supports. Dr. Hunt, along with Ms. Liz Doyle, Clinical Director for Child & Adolescent Services, McHenry County Mental Health Board of Illinois, shared information regarding the benefits of systems of care involvement for these youth as measured by improved academic, vocational, and behavioral outcomes and improved social and emotional well-being.

Annual Counts: Understanding the Process and Its Implications
(October 2009)

The Annual Count—known by many names, including the October Count, the Child Survey, and the Annual Child Count Survey—is a critical part of the Title I funding process. It is the yearly process by which States submit to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) counts of children and youth who are neglected or delinquent. ED uses this information to generate State allocations for the Title I, Part D, program. During this Webinar, Stephanie Lampron, Deputy Director of NDTAC, and Greta Colombi, Research Analyst, covered the purpose of the Annual Count, who is eligible to be counted, how the Annual Count relates to other reporting requirements from ED, and the difference in the count procedures and protocols between State agencies (Subpart 1) and local agencies (Subpart 2).

Everything You Need To Know About the CSPR (Consolidated State Performance Report) for School Year 2008–09 (September 2009)

This webinar provided important information for those involved in the data collection and reporting process for Title I, Part D, at the State education agency, State agency, and local education agency levels. Bobbi Stettner-Eaton, the U.S. Department of Education's EDFacts Management and Program Analyst, gave an overview of the EDFacts reporting process for the upcoming year and how it relates to the CSPR submission process for Title I, Part D, programs. Sarah Bardack, NDTAC Research Associate, reviewed the CSPR reporting tables for Part D, and the updated version of the CSPR Guide was introduced, with a focus on the new features and clarifications within the guide.

Helping System-Involved Youth Rewrite Their Stories: Strategies That Motivate (August 2009)

Motivating youth involved with the juvenile justice system is an important factor in reducing recidivism. How can facilities, agencies, and others in the community help these youth develop and sustain the motivation to succeed? In NDTAC's Webinar, participants heard the perspectives of youth who were once involved in the deep end of the criminal justice system but now serve as role models for others. Dan DeLucey and Reginald Dwayne Betts shared their journeys and identified strategies that motivated them and other system-involved youth to rewrite their stories.

The Juggling Act: Minimizing Teacher Attrition and Maximizing Teacher Quality in a Juvenile Justice Setting (March 2009)

Two major issues facing the juvenile justice education field today are teacher attrition and promoting quality educational staff and services for youth who are neglected or delinquent. Educators and juvenile justice professionals often agree that teacher attrition has the potential to limit the educational experiences of students, restrict student achievement, and be extremely costly to systems with very little return. Furthermore, it is widely accepted that teacher quality has a direct correlation with the success of schools in meeting the needs of a diverse student body. This Webinar provided practical strategies, constructive examples, and recent research on ways your system might attract, select, prepare, and retain quality juvenile justice educators.

Practical Strategies for Family Involvement in Correctional Education (January 2009)

Family involvement positively affects the outcomes of youth in the juvenile justice system, but can be difficult to implement effectively. This Webinar provides constructive examples of ways families can be engaged in the education of their child while he or she is involved in the juvenile justice system.

The three presenters joining NDTAC for this Webinar have extensive knowledge of family involvement and have served as researchers, policy analysts, technical assistance providers, and advocates in the juvenile justice, mental health, and education systems.

2008

Understanding Title I, Part D, Data: Counting, Collecting and Reporting in the Upcoming Year (November 2008)

The fall season marks the beginning of the data reporting period for Title I, Part D, programs, for both the Annual Count of students and the Consolidated State Performance Reports (CSPR). Collecting complete and accurate data for both of these collections in a timely manner can often present a number of different challenges. In this Webinar, Dr. John McLaughlin, Federal Program Officer, discussed the importance of the CSPR data collection and Dr. Bobbi Stettner-Eaton, EDFacts Management and Program Analyst, provided information on the EDFacts initiative and the goal to integrate the CSPR with EDFacts. NDTAC's Deputy Director, Stephanie Lampron, presented an overview of the Annual Count and a walkthrough of the SY 2007-08 CSPR reporting forms. The Webinar is intended primarily for those involved in the data collection and reporting process for Title I, Part D, at the State Education Agency (SEA), State agency (SA), and local education agency (LEA) level.

Inter-agency Collaboration: An Innovative Transition Practice (September 2008)

Transition has been defined as "a coordinated set of activities for the youth, designed within an outcome-oriented process, which promotes successful movement from the community to a correctional program setting, and from a correctional program setting to post-incarceration activities." As this definition conveys, a critical component of transition is coordination. Coordination requires individuals from multiple systems to work together to ensure that a youth involved in the juvenile justice system receives all of the needed support services throughout the process. Learning how to come together and effectively work with other agencies is essential to the educational and life outcomes of youth who are neglected, delinquent, or at-risk of school failure.

This NDTAC Webinar provided practical strategies to facilitate collaboration among agencies that provide services for youth transitioning through the juvenile justice system. To gain multiple viewpoints, strategies at both the State and local levels were presented. Jane Young, Ph.D., Superintendent of the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, discussed facilitating collaboration among various agencies involved in transition. Tim Canter, Community Transition Specialist at Springfield Public Schools in Springfield, Oregon, presented the transition strategies he uses in his work with the school district and local juvenile justice facilities. NDTAC's Leslie Brock facilitated and led the discussion.

Preventing Delinquency by Promoting Academic Success (June 2008)

School failure and dropout are major predictors of children and youth becoming involved with or re-involved with the juvenile justice system. Understanding the risk factors associated with school failure and how to support students who are at increased risk of failure is essential to effective prevention strategies and programming that aim to reduce delinquency. This Webinar provided practical strategies to help identify students who are at increased risk of school failure and dropout, as well as strategies to support students in meeting academic requirements and maintaining academic success.

Presenters Jessica Heppen and Mindee O'Cummings, of the National High School Center, provided an overview of early warning systems to identify potential high school dropouts along with best practices in research-based preventive interventions; Kevin Dwyer, past president of the National Association of School Psychologists, explained the need for additional services for students with disabilities and discussed the overrepresentation of students with disabilities within the juvenile justice system; and David Osher, NDTAC's Principal Investigator, discussed the importance of continuing to provide quality education within the juvenile justice system as a central part of rehabilitation and in reducing recidivism.

State Agency Reform: The Experience of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (June 2008)

As educational programs undergo reform, questions of their impact loom large. This Webinar provided insight into Massachusetts' reform and evaluation effort. Presenters included Christine Kenney, Director of Education Services for the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, Lonnie Kaufman, Project Manager, and Steven Ellis, Senior Manager, of the external evaluation team from the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute. Ms. Kenney, Mr. Kaufman, and Mr. Ellis, provided information about the impetus for the educational reform initiative, the benefits and challenges of the evaluation process, and the findings and next steps identified as a result of the evaluation. NDTAC's Project Director Tarek Anandan provided a brief overview on the usefulness of program evaluations for neglected and delinquent programs.

Mentoring for Success: Essential Elements for and Models of Mentoring Programs (February 2008)

NDTAC's Greta Colombi provided an overview of the essential elements of mentoring programs generally as well as for youth who are neglected and delinquent. Representatives from two highly regarded mentoring programs that serve neglected and delinquent youth, the Aftercare for Indiana through Mentoring Program (AIM) and Journey 4-H Youth Mentoring Program, described their program models.

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2007

Reporting Title I, Part D Data: Lessons from 2005-2006, Preparing for 2006-2007 (November 2007)

Tarek Anandan, Director for Data and Evaluation of NDTAC, and Tal Kerem, Research Associate, covered Federal data requirements for the 2006-2007 reporting year, including what data to submit and the changes to this year's reporting elements. In addition, they presented on the achievements made by States to date in improving the completeness and quality of data submitted.

The presenters also introduced the Center's new Data Collection tool, which is designed to help State ND Coordinators collect CSPR data from their subgrantees. The tool will be made available to States to use at their own discretion to aid the collection of data for the CSPR. Use of the tool is not required, and it does not replace any USED reporting requirements. Title I, Part D Coordinators may contact their State Liaison for more information about the tool.

You may download the speakers' PowerPoint presentation and video recording from this Webinar by clicking on the links below.

Conditions for Learning: Promoting Social, Emotional and Academic Growth in N and D Programs (August 2007)

There are social and emotional conditions of learning that affect the ability of children and youth to learn and develop. Although these conditions are important for all children and youth, they are particularly important for those who have been neglected, are delinquent, or are at-risk of dropping out of school.

To help juvenile justice educators in their work with youth who are neglected or delinquent, NDTAC's Dr. David Osher highlights how the four conditions for learning—safety, support, social emotional learning, and challenge—promote academic growth.

You may download the speaker's PowerPoint presentation from this Webinar by clicking on the link below. A complete archived version of the presentation, including real-time audio and visual presentation, is also available.*

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Consolidated State Performance Reports (CSPR): Data Collection and Quality (June 2007)

Designed specifically for State Coordinators for Title I, Part D programs and their invited guests, this Webinar presented information about both previous and upcoming CSPR data collection efforts, data quality and use of data. U.S. Department of Education Program Manager Gary Rutkin presented on the importance of collecting accurate CSPR data for the the upcoming 2007-2008 school year and NDTAC's Stephanie Lampron provided an overview of how to interpret the information in the Center's newly-developed State Data Quality Reports.

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Sharing Professional Development Strategies: How States are Providing Training and Support to Part D Subgrantees (May 2007)

Presenters Andrew Wayne, Senior Research Analyst for the American Institutes for Research and expert on teaching standards; Kathleen Sande, Washington's State Title I, Part D Coordinator; Barbara Presler, Arizona's State Title I, Part D Coordinator, and Orlenda Roberts, Assistant Superintendent of the Mary C. O'Brien Accommodation District in Arizona, as they explore some key elements of professional development programs for Part D subgrantees.

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Reaching Out to Youth at Risk: School Dropout Prevention (February 2007)

Experts in the field of dropout prevention discussed their work with youth most at risk of not completing school. Presenters included Dr. Terry Cash of the National Dropout Prevention Center, Dr. Sheppard Kellam of the American Institutes for Research’s Center for Integrating Education and Prevention Research in Schools and Mr. Diego Navarro of Cabrillo College's Watsonville Digital Bridge Academy.

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2006

Family Involvement for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System (November 2006)

Family members and family involvement experts Barbara Huff and Trina Osher of Huff-Osher, Inc. introduced NDTAC's newest tool, "Working with Families of Children in the Juvenile Justice and the Corrections System: A Guide for Education Program Leaders, Principals and Building Administrators." In addition, practitioners from the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center's Community and Family Resource Center highlighted some of the initiatives that their Center is using to engage families of youth in juvenile corrections.

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Reporting 2005-2006 Title I, Part D Data (October 2006)

NDTAC Data and Evaluation Task Leader, Stephanie Lampron, presented on Title I, Part D Federal data requirements covering the 2005-2006 reporting year. Ms. Lampron discussed what data to submit for this period, and covered proposed changes to the data reporting requirements for both Subpart 1 and Subpart 2. In addition, Ms. Lampron provided an overview of the data collected for the 2004-05 school year and discussed common reporting issues.

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Family Involvement of Students in the Juvenile Justice and Corrections System (July 2006)

Experts Trina Osher and Barbara Huff, consultants of Huff Osher, Inc.; Dr. Jean Steinberg, Project Director of the Jackson Project at the Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center in North Carolina; and Mr. Michael Haley of the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice discussed the importance of family involvement for youth in the juvenile justice system and explored current programs and initiatives in delinquent programs and facilities.

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The Importance of Reading Literacy (June 2006)

Experts Dr. Peter Leone, professor in the Department of Special Education, College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park, Ms. JoAnn Murphy, principal of Foothill High School, a school within New Mexico's Youth Diagnostic and Development Center, and Ms. Marcia Kingman of the US Department of Education discussed the importance of reading literacy in juvenile correctional education and explored some reading literacy programs currently in use in N or D programs and facilities around the country.

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Pre-Post Assessments (April 2006)

NDTAC staff member Nick Read presented the Center's latest pre-post assessment resources, and Ms. Karen Denbroeder from the Florida Department of Education discussed pre-post testing and how Florida adopted a common assessment for its Title I, Part D program. She presented Florida's 2006 law mandating a single test in all juvenile justice facilities, as well as the next steps in implementing the law.

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Reporting Part D Data for 2004-2005 (February 2006)

Federal Program Officer Gary Rutkin presented on Title I, Part D Federal data requirements for data due April 14, 2006, and discussed the recently released Consolidated State Performance Report. Mr. Rutkin was followed by a presentation from Stephanie Lampron, an NDTAC staff member, who provided an overview of the Center's Instructional Guide to Reporting Title I, Part D Data in the Consolidated State Performance Report.

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Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (January 2006)

Dr. Mary Quinn, a special educator and researcher, Ms. Melva Clarida, an Educational Facility Administrator for the Illinois Department of Corrections, and Mr. Craig Rosen, the Education Administrator of the Iowa Juvenile Home discussed Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and its use in N or D settings.  Our presenters introduced the concept of PBIS, and detailed its use in two facilities.

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2005

Subgrantee Monitoring: How do States Monitor Their SAs and LEAs? (November/December 2005)

Presenters Joe Hiznay, Program Consultant for the Pennsylvania Department of Education; Dr. John Stewart, Superintendent of Education at the Alabama Department of Youth Services; and Maggie Rivers, Federal Programs Director, Alabama Department of Education presented on the process they go through in monitoring SA and LEA subgrantees in their respective states. This was a great opportunity to hear what others are doing in the field when it comes to monitoring.

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Academic Assessments: How do N or D Programs Evaluate and Implement the Options? (September 2005)

NDTAC has received many requests for information on the kinds of academic assessments that can accurately measure academic progress in both short-term and long-term N or D programs. In answering these questions, we have often turned to the work that the California Department of Education and the Regional Educational Laboratory, WestEd, have done in determining which assessments are the most useful for correctional education. On September 29th, our presenters Robert Bakke and Joy Lewis discussed evaluating and implementing academic assessments in alternative educational settings in California.

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Measuring Success: Examples of State and District Data Collection Systems (July 2005)

Our presenters Frank Plaistowe and Ned Loughran discussed how their State and National data systems are helping to ensure that performance goals are met, and how these data systems have impacted the quality of service provision. They also reviewed how they were able to build the infrastructure for, and operate, centralized data collection systems for the purposes of tracking: a) Student Profiles: demographics, school history, and grade level;  b) Academic Progress: grades, test scores, and educational needs; c) Transition Outcomes: transcript transferral, student movements from school to school, and educational achievements (GED, high school diploma).

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Understanding the Law and How Funds are Generated for Title I, Part D (July 2005)

On July 14, Sandy Brown, Program Analyst for the Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs of the U.S. Department of Education, reviewed Title I, Part D law, including program definitions, requirements, State and local funding allocations, and uses of funds. Additionally, Mr. Brown discussed the requirements for State plans, transition services, and program evaluation, as they are stipulated in Part D law. Mr. Brown also clarified the key differences between Subpart 1 and 2 programs, and answered questions from the audience relating to program guidance and requirements.

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Teacher Quality and Accreditation (June 2005)

Presenters, including Dr. Arlene Chorney, Principal of the Education Component for the Rhode Island Training School; Dr. John Stewart, Superintendent of Education for the Alabama Department of Youth Services; and Dr. Tom O'Rourke and Mr. Jack Catrett, Associate Superintendent and Special Education Director, respectively, for the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, discussed the issues surrounding teacher certification for professionals teaching in the juvenile justice system, including how the Highly Qualified Teacher provisions under No Child Left Behind may or may not be applied.

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Reporting Part D Data for 2004-2005 (June 2005)

Federal Program Officer Gary Rutkin presented on Title I, Part D Federal data requirements covering the 2004-2005 reporting year. Mr. Rutkin talked about what data to submit for this period, as well as when and how to submit it. He covered proposed changes to the data reporting requirements for both Subpart 1 and Subpart 2. This presentation is essential for anyone who will be reporting Title I, Part D data for the 2004-2005 reporting period.

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Literacy and Transition Curricula, Part II (May 2005)

This interactive event included information on two curricula for N or D students, one focusing on increasing essential literacy skills, the other on preparing students for the critical transition from facilities back to community schools. Academic achievement for this population is becoming an increasing National focus as the Federal Government prepares to collect data on N or D academic indicators for the first time.  Joining us were experts Mary Beth Curtis, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Special Education at Lesley University, and Dorothy Wodraska, M.Ed., Correctional Education Specialist and Director of Federal Education Grant Programs for the Arizona Supreme Court's Juvenile Justice Services Division.

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Educating N or D Teachers and Students: Curricula and Literacy (April 2005)

This interactive event, "Educating N or D Teachers and students: Curricula and Literacy," was the fifth in our Webinar series and presented information on curricula for both teachers and students in the N or D education system. The event was held on Thursday April 21, 2005.

The Web-based teleconference featured presentations by experts Carol Cramer-Brooks of the Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home Schools in Michigan and Robert Michels of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics in California.

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IDEA and N or D Education (March 2005)

The fourth Web-based teleconference in NDTAC's Webinar series was titled, "IDEA and N or D Education: How IDEA and Special Education Law Impacts and Interacts with Neglected/Delinquent Education." It was held March 24, 2005.

This Webinar included presentations by Dr. Mary Quinn, Associate Director of the National Center for Education, Disability, and Juvenile Justice (EDJJ); and Dr. Joseph Tulman, Ph.D, Director of the Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic of the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law.

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Collaboration and Developing State Plans (February 2005)

NDTAC's third Webinar, Collaboration and Developing State Plans for Neglected and Delinquent Education, took place February 17, 2005. Dr. Barry Krisberg of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency; Dr. David Osher of the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice; and Dr. James Keeley, State Field Director for Correctional Education at the Maryland Department of Education discussed the critical need for collaboration among state agencies involved in educating neglected and delinquent youth. They reviewed crucial partnerships necessary for implementing effective ND programming and outlined strategies for forging collaborative connections.

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Transition (January 2005)

NDTAC presented its second Webinar, "Transition," on January 27, 2005. Joseph Hiznay, Program Consultant for the Pennsylvania State Education Agency, and Heather Griller-Clark, Project Director of the Arizona Detention Transition Project at Arizona State University, each presented on the topic of promising transition practices. The presentations included lessons learned from experiences in transitioning youth who are N or D from institutional education programs to the community. Mr. Hiznay and Ms. Griller-Clark also described essential elements to include in transition plans for youth. Joyce Burrell, NDTAC Director, introduced both speakers as well as gave an overview of the role of transition in Title I, Part D.

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2004

Federal Monitoring & Data Collection (December 2004)

Federal Program Manager Gary Rutkin discussed monitoring procedures for Title I, Part D and reviewed the 2004-2005 data collection responsibilities of each state in this NDTAC Webinar, hosted December 9, 2004.

 

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