| Purpose: | The purpose of this grant program is to provide contextualized ABE/ESOL basic skills workplace instructional services to those who are lacking the basic foundation skills expected of a high school graduate and/or are limited English proficient. |
| Priorities: | The priority is to support programs that provide services that are delivered through partnerships among businesses, (including labor organizations), workers, and education providers, supported by a combination of state and local matching resources for a maximum of three to five years. |
| Eligibility: | Eligible recipients are those programs that were funded in FY2006 and FY2007 and can document evidence of continuing need in the workforce for Adult Basic Education instruction (unless the project has reached the end of its grant cycle). The following workplace education partnerships are eligible to apply. The following programs must provide a minimum of 32 weeks of instruction and enroll a minimum of 5 students per class.
Cambridge Community Learning Center/Neville Center North Shore Community Action Program/Brooksby Village Quinsigamond Community College/UMA Medical Center SEIU Worker Education Program/Boston Public Schools University of Massachusetts at Amherst/City of Westfield University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth/A.J. Wright University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth/Haskon
The following programs must provide a minimum of 32 weeks of instruction and enroll a minimum of 7 students per class.
Center for New Americans/Tubed Products La Alianza Hispana/Union Consortium Northern Essex Community College/Local 888 Quinsigamond Community College/Westborough State Hospital SEIU Worker Education Program/Radius SEIU Worker Education Program/Union Consortium South Berkshire Education Collaborative/Kripalu Yoga and Health Voice and Future Fund/Union Consortium
The following programs must provide a minimum of 36 weeks of instruction and enroll a minimum of 7 students per class.
Dimock Community Services Corporation/Dimock Community Health Center Jewish Vocational Services/Legal Sea Foods Quinsigamond Community College/Worcester State Hospital SEIU/South Boston Community Health Center SEIU/Middlesex Community College/Local 888 Union Consortium UMASS Dartmouth/Brandon Woods Nursing Home
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| Funding: | Continued funding of partnerships is subject to appropriation and performance. See Table 1 - Funding Allocations:   |
| Fund Use: | Funds must be used for collaborations between/among businesses (e.g., consortia linked to specific industries or geographic locations), union-based partnerships, and employees to provide educational services to enhance workers' ability to meet current and emerging job requirements and/or to obtain job advancement. Funds must support the development of curricula based on current and emerging workplace contexts and be responsive to business and worker self-identified goals as specified through the workplace needs analysis and worker input on the Planning and Evaluation Teams. |
| Project Duration: | 7/1/2007 - 6/30/2008 |
| Contact: | Julia Zoino-Jeannetti jzoino@doe.mass.edu |
| Phone Number: | (781) 338-3825 |
| Date Due: | Tuesday, May 1, 2007 Proposals must be received at the Department by 5:00 p.m. on the date due. |
| Required Forms: |
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Part I - General - Program Unit Signature Page - (Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants)
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Part II Budget Detail Pages (Include both pages) - Instructions
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Budget Narrative (Narrative designed by applicants.) |
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Part III - Required Program Information (Submit through the SMARTT Program Planning Module.)
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Statement of Assurances for Workplace Education
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| | | Schedule B - Cost Sharing or Matching Schedule |
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Schedule C - Statement of Participation and Support
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Submission
Instructions: | Submit 2 sets of the application each with the original signature in blue ink of the Superintendent/Executive Director/President.
Mail to:
Charlene Collins
Fiscal Liaison
Adult and Community Learning Services
Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education
350 Main Street - 4th Floor
Malden, MA 02148-5023
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