A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Biennial Evaluation Report - FY 93-94

Chapter 404

Vocational Education--Consumer and Homemaking Education

(CFDA No. 84.049)

I. Program Profile

Legislation: The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990 (P.L. 101-392), Title III, Part B (20 U.S.C. 2361-2363)(expires September 30, 1995). All programs under the Perkins Act addressed in this report operated in the first year the amendments became effective.

Purpose: To assist the 50 States and the outlying areas in conducting consumer and homemaking education programs that prepare male and female, youths and adults for the occupation of homemaking. Funds can be used to provide instruction in food and nutrition, consumer education, family living and parenthood education, child development and guidance, housing, home management (including resource management), and clothing and textiles.

Funding History

Fiscal Year	Appropriation	Fiscal Year	Appropriation
1970	$15,000,000	1987	$31,273,000
1975	35,994,000	1988	32,791,000
1980	43,497,000	1989	33,118,000
1981	30,347,000	1990	34,118,000
1982	29,133,000	1991	33,351,000
1983	31,633,000	1992	34,720,000
1984	31,633,000	1993	34,720,000
1985	31,633,000	1994	34,720,000
1986	30,273,000

II. Program Information and Analysis

Population Targeting

Consumer and homemaking education programs, services, and activities are intended to be accessible to males and females, youth and adults at all educational levels. At least one-third of Federal funds were required to be used for programs, services, and activities in economically depressed areas or areas with high rates of unemployment to improve quality of family life. Grants were made, through a statutory formula, to the 50 States, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands in FYs 1993 and 1994.

Services

Programs, services, and activities provided by the Federal Consumer and Homemaking Education Program include (1) program development and improvement of instruction and curricula; and (2) support services and activities designed to ensure quality and effectiveness of programs including application of academic skills in consumer and homemaking programs, professional development, and State administration, supervision, and leadership.

Program Administration

Full-time State Consumer and Homemaking Education Administrators, under State Boards of Education, are responsible for administering the program and assisting eligible recipients to plan and conduct instructional programs in all consumer and homemaking education areas. All States and territories currently offer consumer and homemaking education programs.

States and Territories are updating, expanding, and revising curricula to reflect the needs of youth and adults. According to State and local records, 4.3 million students are served by 34,100 consumer and homemaking education programs across the country; 42 percent of these students are males. Fifty-nine percent of the consumer and homemaking students are enrolled in parenthood education, family living, nutrition education, child development, and management of resources.

States have implemented new and/or revised programs and curriculum in areas such as Consumer and Homemaking Education, Interrelatedness of Balancing Work and the Family, Management of Resources and Life Management Skills, Child Growth and Development, Parenting/Family Life Education, and Consumer Education. An integral part of all instructional programs is the application of academic skills.

Management Improvement Strategies

States and universities are conducting research aimed at program improvement in cooperation with business and industry and professional organizations of consumer and homemaking education.
States are providing professional development and leadership conferences for teachers to improve the quality of instructional programs, including the application of academic education and development of performance standards/core measures and the effectiveness of evaluation of programs and services.
National leadership workshop conferences, conducted by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, enhance State and local education agencies' efforts to carry out the legislative requirements of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act and to develop strategies for meeting the challenges cited in recent national studies on education reform.

III. Sources of Information

Enrollment Source: Vocational Home Economics Education Coalition (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Division of Vocational Home Economic Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, 1991).
Research and Curriculum Projects by State Departments of Education, 1990-91 (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Division of Vocational Home Economics Education, American Vocational Association, and Office of Vocational and Adult Education, 1992).
State Annual Performance Reports for Vocational Education (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Division of Vocational Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, December 1992).
Program files.

IV. Planned Studies

None.

V. Contacts for Further Information

Program Operations:: Bertha G. King, (202) 205-5421
Program Studies:: Audrey Pendleton, (202) 401-3630

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