Grants to States for Workplace and Community Transition Training for Incarcerated Individuals

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Purpose


CFDA Number: 84.331A
Program Type: Formula Grants
Also Known As: Incarcerated Individual State Grants, State Grants for Incarcerated Individuals


Program Description

This program provides grants to state correctional education agencies to assist and encourage incarcerated youths to acquire 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 through prerelease and while on parole.


Types of Projects
Supported projects include postsecondary education programs.

 
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Last Modified: 01/21/2011