Life after funding : a descriptive study of Even Start family literacy programs that have completed the initial funding cycle /
At the conclusion of the awarded funding cycle from the National Even Start family literacy program, some local programs were able to continue to provide services to the families in their communities and some were not. The purpose of this study was to identify the common practices of the programs th...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | At the conclusion of the awarded funding cycle from the National Even Start family literacy program, some local programs were able to continue to provide services to the families in their communities and some were not. The purpose of this study was to identify the common practices of the programs that did continue to provide services to eligible families and to identify barriers faced by the programs that could not continue. Data were collected through a mail out survey to one hundred twenty programs that completed National Even Start funding in SY95-96 and SY96-97. Representatives from one hundred programs completed and returned the survey nutriment. Descriptive statistics were applied to the responses which produced the following findings: Fifty-two percent of the responding programs reported that services to eligible families continued after National Even Start funding was completed. Sixty-two percent of the continuing programs reported that they were able to continue to provide services with a combination of host institution support and other external grants. There was virtually no difference in the rate of continuance between programs that were funded for four years and programs that were funded for eight years. Status of the Even Start project director in the community was an important factor toward program continuance as well as expertise of the project director and the staff. Continuing programs recruited more partners in education and social service agencies than in other categories and they increased the number of collaborative partners after the funding from the National Even Start family literacy program was completed. The continuing programs in the study indicated serving those families most in need and providing literacy instruction for adults and children were the most important activities leading to program continuance. Barriers identified by programs that did not continue to provide services included change of leadership in the host organization, lack of funding, lack of proposal writing skills, and lack of technical assistance at the state level. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Educational Human Resource Development". |
| Physical Description: | x, 142 leaves ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-88). |