Annual Neglected and Delinquent Facility Resident Counts Survey
Overview of the Survey
The purpose of this survey is to provide the U.S. Department of Education and the New York State Education Department with current information on the location and number of children living in institutions for neglected or delinquent children or in correctional institutions. The information will be used to compute the following year's Title I, Part D Neglected or Delinquent allocations for school districts so that eligible children in the institutions can be provided Title I-funded educational services. Institutions must complete this survey for their eligible children to receive Title I, Part D-funded educational services during the following school year.
The category of an institution should not change from year to year unless there has been an official change in the purpose for which the institution is operated. For example, if an institution is operated for the care of neglected children, but the majority of the children residing in the institution during October are children adjudicated to be delinquent, the institution should still be reported as an institution for neglected children until its charter or purpose is officially changed.
- Institution for Neglected Children - A public or private residential facility (other than a foster home) that is operated primarily for the care of children who have been committed to the institution, or voluntarily placed in the institution under applicable State law, because of the abandonment by, or neglect by, or death of parents.
- Neglected Child Count - A 30 consecutive day time frame must be chosen, with at least one of the days in the period being in October of the current year. Count the total number of children aged 5-17 residing in an institution in which the majority of the children are "neglected". Counts should reflect CASELOAD data for the 30-day timeframe that is chosen.
- Note: A resident could be at the facility for only one day during the selected time frame and need not be in the facility for all 30 days.
- Institution for Delinquent Children - A public or private residential facility that is operated primarily for the care of children who have been adjudicated delinquent or persons in need of supervision. The term also includes an adult correctional institution (county jail) in which youth reside.
- Delinquent Child Count - A 30 consecutive day time frame must be chosen, with at least one of the days in the period being in the month of October of the current year. Count the total number of children aged 5-17 residing in an institution in which the majority of the children are "delinquent". Counts should reflect CASELOAD data for the 30-day timeframe that is chosen.
- Note: A resident could be at the facility for only one day during the selected time frame and need not be in the facility for all 30 days.
Residential Facility - Children attending a day program at the facility cannot be counted for this report.
The due date for the Annual Neglected & Delinquent Facility Resident Counts Survey is established each year, typically at the beginning of December. Failure to complete and submit this survey will result in the loss of Title I, Part D-funded services for the following year.
The Annual Neglected & Delinquent Facility Resident Counts Survey is completed through the NYSED Business Portal. Facility contacts are notified by email when the survey is open for completion.
For questions or additional assistance with the Annual Neglected & Delinquent Facility Resident Counts Survey, please call the Office of ESSA-Funded Programs at (518) 473-0295 or email David.J.Coffey@nysed.gov.
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