Education Initiatives

Adult Literacy/Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
  Helps participants without a high school diploma receive Adult Literacy services; 1,737 TANF participants have earned the GED diploma since FY99. DTAE’s Office of Adult Literacy, DHR’s DFCS
Central Education Center (CEC)
a component of Dual Enrollment
  Provides postsecondary technical education programs and work-based learning opportunities through a collaborative partnership to high school students within a shared facility; offers adult classes in GED, non-credit continuing education classes, certification programs, and computer skills courses; acts as a local center for special training programs for business and industry.
Certified Literate Community Program (CLCP)  Organizes communities to work toward promoting, encouraging, and certifying literacy efforts at the local level.
Dual Enrollment and
Postsecondary Options
  Enables secondary students to earn credits for high school and college simultaneously. DTAE, DOE
Early Childhood Care
and Education
  Provides statewide coordination of systems for professional advancement in childhood care and education. DTAE, Georgia Childcare Council, Quality Assist, Inc., DHR, the Georgia Early Learning Initiative, Federal Head Start, Office of School Readiness.
English Literacy/ Civics Education Initiative  Helps adult learners develop English proficiency and obtain the knowledge and skills (e.g., banking and healthcare) to navigate within the education, government, and workplace communities.
Equity Services and
Special Populations Services
  Assists students with disabilities, students with academic and/or economic disadvantages, students with limited English proficiency, displaced homemakers, and single parents.
Exceptional Adult Georgian in Literacy Education (EAGLE) Awards   Recognizes outstanding students in Adult Literacy classes; seven state-level winners serve as "Ambassadors for Literacy."
General Educational Development (GED) and Testing Services  Serves as a reliable tool by which adults can certify that they possess the major and lasting outcomes of a traditional high school education. DTAE, ACE
Georgia Fatherhood Program (GFP)  Provides education, training, and job placement for non-custodial parents that enable participants to offer economic and other support for their children. DTAE, DHR's CSE, DOL, Ga. Board of Pardons and Paroles, DOC
Georgia Department
of Corrections (DOC) Partnership
  Helps provide inmates with postsecondary technical education program opportunities. DTAE, DOC
Georgia Department
of Juvenile Justice (DJJ)
  Provides postsecondary technical education programs for incarcerated youth at DJJ Youth Development Centers. DTAE, DJJ
Georgia One-Stop  Allows Georgians to access workforce education and development services via “one-stop” kiosks at selected technical colleges or electronically at all technical colleges and many businesses, industries, schools, and agencies. DTAE, DOL
Georgia Virtual
Technical College (GVTC)
  Offers online programs and courses of Georgia’s technical colleges.
Job Board  Provides online resources for job-seekers and employers.
Tech Match Program  Offers a fundraising program directed toward the purchase of new equipment for instructional purposes; since FY99 more than $14 million has been raised by private-sector donations and matched.
New Connections to Work  Assists single parents, displaced homemakers, single pregnant women, and TANF recipients to achieve economic self-sufficiency. DTAE, DHR
Professional Development Center (PDC)  Schools information technology instructors in the latest technologies; national pilot site for Microsoft Academic Professional Development Center.
School to Work (StW)  Contributes to the creation of a comprehensive system that integrates educational improvement, workforce development, and economic development by connecting, expanding, and strengthening existing efforts. DTAE, DOE, DOL, GDITT, GPEE, BOR, OPB
Tech Prep (Component of Dual Enrollment Program)  Enrollment program) Allows students enrolled in Tech Prep to participate in a curriculum sequence that incorporates academic and career-related courses that articulate between secondary and postsecondary levels and lead to a postsecondary credential. DTAE, DOE
Italics denote collaborative partnerships



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