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PROGRAM
EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION EDUCATION (EPE)
PROGRAM INFORMATION
POPULATION SERVED: Adults
SERVICES PROVIDED: Literacy and English as Second Language instruction, life skills instruction and high school equivalency preparation
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY: State Education Department
ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS: BOCES and public secondary schools
SOURCE OF FUNDING: State
AUTHORIZATION: State Statute: Section 3602, Education Law
DESCRIPTION: Provide formula-based support for adult education programs serving adults without a high school diploma. A portion of the EPE allocation is targeted to TANF participants for implementation of EDGE, generating a federal match.
PROGRAM DATA
FISCAL YEAR: 1998
(1998-99)
1999
(1999-00)
2000
(2000-01)
2001
(2001-02)
2002
(2002-03)
APPROPRIATIONS($): 96,180,000 96,180,000 96,180,000 96,180,000 96,180
NUMBER ENROLLED:* 217,250 194,028 176,239 182,294 Not Available
OUTCOME DATA:* 14,709 received GED diplomas; 27,942 obtained employment; 4,538 were removed from public assistance; 3,966 reduced their public assistance grants due to increased earnings 18,045 received GED diplomas; 25,335 obtained employment; 4,203 were removed from public assistance; number who reduced their public assistance grants not available Federal reporting changes affects comparison with prior years of participants with these goals, 34.26% received a HS equivalence diploma, 47.49% obtained employment, 17.83% were removed from public assistance Federal reporting changes affects comparison with prior years of participants with these goals, 48% received HS equivalence diploma, 63% obtained employment, 25% were removed from public assistance
CONTACT
NAME/AGENCY: TOM ORSINI, State Education Department
PHONE NUMBER: 518-474-8940
* Enrollment and outcome data reflect the total of ALE, EPE, WEP and WIA Title II activity.


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