ELECT Guidelines

For a copy of Pennsylvania Department of Education’s ELECT Guidelines, contact:
Nichole Fisher, Youth Development Program Coordinator
Center for Schools and Communities
(717) 763-1661, ext. 107
nfisher@csc.csiu.org

 

ELECT Data

Center for Schools and Communities collects statewide data for the ELECT Program via the ELECT Data Collection System (EDCS).

For more information, contact:
Danny Wilson, Data Support Specialist
Center for Schools and Communities
(717) 763-1661
Danny.wilson@csc.csiu.org

or

Nichole Fisher, Youth Development Program Coordinator
Center for Schools and Communities
(717) 763-1661, ext. 107
nfisher@csc.csiu.org

DHS/CWDS

The Office of Income Maintenance has oversight of the ELECT Program. ELECT providers identify current participants that receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) or may be eligible for Family Works. The County Assistance Office (CAO) and the ELECT programs work together to verify student eligibility. ELECT programs may have their own data information system to track program referrals, rejections, enrollments, participant data, services (activities) and terminations. However, the Commonwealth Workforce Development System (CWDS) is the official data system that DHS requires programs to use to validate a student’s activities and evaluate the achievement of program outcomes. Program coordinators and staff hired to perform data entry are required to be trained in CWDS.

For more information or resources, contact:
Nichole Fisher, Youth Development Program Coordinator
(717) 763-1661, ext. 107
nfisher@csc.csiu.org