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
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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.
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Certified Literate
Community Program (CLCP) | |
Organizes communities to work toward promoting, encouraging, and
certifying literacy efforts at the local level.
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Dual Enrollment and
Postsecondary Options | |
Enables secondary students to earn credits for high school and college
simultaneously. DTAE, DOE
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Exceptional Adult Georgian
in Literacy Education (EAGLE) Awards | |
Recognizes outstanding students in Adult Literacy classes; seven state-level
winners serve as "Ambassadors for Literacy."
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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
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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
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Georgia Department
of Corrections (DOC) Partnership | |
Helps provide inmates with postsecondary technical education program
opportunities. DTAE, DOC
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Georgia Department
of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) | |
Provides postsecondary technical education programs for incarcerated youth
at DJJ Youth Development Centers. DTAE, DJJ
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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
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Georgia Virtual
Technical College (GVTC) | |
Offers online programs and courses of Georgia’s technical colleges.
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Job Board | |
Provides online resources for job-seekers and employers.
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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.
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New Connections to Work | |
Assists single parents, displaced homemakers, single pregnant women, and TANF recipients to achieve economic self-sufficiency. DTAE, DHR
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Professional Development Center (PDC) | |
Schools information technology instructors in the latest technologies;
national pilot site for Microsoft Academic Professional Development Center.
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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
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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
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Italics denote collaborative partnerships
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