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Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. General Accounting Office, [2004] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)54791530 Subject: Youth -- Services for -- United States -- States -- Evaluation. Excerpt: ... are difficult to engage. In contrast, a rural area in Virginia chose to focus primarily on out-of-school youth because so few services were available for this population. The Administration has proposed amending the WIA youth program to focus more resources on out-of-school youth. Department of Education officials said that WIA's services to in-school youth were not unique, since schools already offer various services to their students to deter them from dropping out. While Education officials said that the department's grants geared exclusively toward dropout prevention would be insufficient to address the national dropout problem, they also stated that funding is available under many Education programs that could be used for dropout 10 prevention activities. However, local workforce and education officials we spoke with in three states we visited said that they were either unaware of or unable to gain access to other available federal resources that could be used to provide intensive services to at-risk youth. In New Hampshire, for example, officials told us that WIA provides the only dropout prevention program, and that they were unaware of other available education dropout prevention resources. State and local workforce and education officials we spoke with in the five states we visited said that WIA funding complemented rather than duplicated education services and was critical in preventing in-school youth from dropping out of school. For example, in a rural area in Ohio, workforce officials stated that the WIA program was the only dropout prevention program and that WIA provided students with their only chance at academic and career success. In addition, they said that WIA's services were more intensive and comprehensive, and were delivered in a one-on-one setti
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