To achieve this purpose. the Teacher Corps was to attract and train qualified teachers and inexperienced teacher interns. and make them available to local education agencies for service in lowincome areas. Grants and contracts were authorized for institutions of higher education and local education agencies for recruiting. selecting. and training Teacher Corps members and for the operational costs of Teacher Corps projects. Funding has been provided for projects designed to meet the special educational needs of children from migrant worker families. juvenile delinquents. youth offenders. and adult criminal offenders. Initially. the Teacher Corps was regarded as a "service" programsomewhat similar to the Peace Corpsin the sense that it provided additional education opportunities for lowincome children through the provision of superior teacher training and certification for many young college graduates who would not otherwise have chosen to become teachers. In sum. the initial emphasis of the Teacher Corps was on training new teacherinterns. and on providing "services" to local universities and colleges needing assistance in their preservice teacher training programs.