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PACTT Goals

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Academic Instruction

Enhance programming; improve coordination with school districts; and promote practices aimed at accelerating remediation, credit recovery, and credit transfer.

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Job Skills Training

Develop career and technical training programs that lead to industry-recognized certifications and certificates.

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Work Related Services

Develop work readiness and employability soft skills, and create employment opportunities for juvenile justice-involved youth.

PACTT Supports Provided to Affiliates

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Support Staff

Nine PACTT staff located across Pennsylvania provide on-site supports to help affiliates achieve and maintain PACTT standards for academic instruction, job skills training, and work-related services.

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Alignment with Best Practices

PACTT strives to maintain affiliation standards aligned with best practices for providing programs and strategies for system-involved youth.

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PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency Grants

PACTT has provided over $5.3 million in grants between 2013 and 2021 to support human service agencies in developing their academic, job skills, and work-related programs for juvenile justice involved youth.

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Coordination with Districts

To minimize disruptions in schooling, PACTT has worked to improve the timeliness of transferring youth education records between affiliates and school districts.

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Research

PACTT has funded annual research conducted by Philadelphia-based Research for Action aimed at understanding the connection between PACTT services received by youth and later academic success.

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Vocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Youth

Through partnership with the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, PACTT has enhanced the accessibility of Pre-employment and Transition Services to disabled youth served by its affiliates.