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PROGRAM INFORMATION
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POPULATION SERVED:
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Adults, out-of-school youth
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SERVICES PROVIDED:
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Job search, counseling, wage subsidy, skills upgrading,
pre-vocational skills training, literacy and English as a Second
Language instruction, employability skills instruction, and
assessment
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY:
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State Education Department
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ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS:
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Boards of Cooperative and Educational Services (BOCES), public
secondary schools, private colleges/universities, CUNY and SUNY
two-year institutions and community-based organizations
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
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Federal/State
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AUTHORIZATION:
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State Budget
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DESCRIPTION:
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The ACCESS System is designed to meet the education and training needs
of adult learners, families, employers and the community. ACCESS
collaborates and links with a variety of agencies, businesses and
industries to deliver high quality, cost-effective and customized
programs and services to enable clients to increase personal and
economic self-sufficiency.
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PROGRAM DATA
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FISCAL YEAR:
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1996
(1996-97)
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1997
(1997-98)
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1998
(1998-99)
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1999
(1999-00)
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2000
(2000-01)
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APPROPRIATIONS($):
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3,219,247
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2,515,536
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2,500,000
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2,515,536
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NUMBER ENROLLED:
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186,827 total;52,752 public assistance recipients
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273,468 total;54,714 public assistance recipients
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OUTCOME DATA:
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32,700 obtained employment; 10,617
earned H.S. diploma or equivalency; 6,259 were removed
from public assistance; 3,531 had their public
assistance grant reduced; 15,609 enrolled in further
education or training programs
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28,340 obtained employment; 10,065
earned H.S. diploma or equivalency; 10,542 were
removed from public assistance; 5,113 had their public
assistance grant reduced;4,073 enrolledin further
education or training programs
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CONTACT
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NAME/AGENCY:
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GLENN SCHECHTMAN, State Education Department
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PHONE NUMBER:
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518-474-5808
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* Funding for this program has been terminated.
** Agency states that enrollment and outcome data for 1998-99 and 1999-00 are not available as of March 2001.
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