Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs: FY2009
Fund Code: 343
Program and Staff Development Regional Support Centers for Adult Basic Education
(FY2009 - Federal)
| FUNDS ALLOCATED: | $118,000 (Federal) |
| FUNDS REQUESTED: | $118,000 |
| PURPOSE: The purpose of this federal grant program is to improve teaching, strengthen programs, and improve student outcomes in the Commonwealth's Adult Learning Centers through the provision of coordinated opportunities for high quality program and staff development and other supports so that Adult Basic Education programs may meet their goals and those of their students. This grant program will fund a statewide system of Program and Staff Development Regional Support Centers for FY2009. |
| NUMBER OF PROPOSALS RECEIVED: | 5 |
| NUMBER OF PROPOSALS RECOMMENDED: | 5 |
| NUMBER OF PROPOSALS NOT RECOMMENDED: | 0 |
| RESULT OF FUNDING: Funding will support staffing, consultant fees, equipment, materials, and other training costs for the five (5) Regional Support Centers that provide professional development for some 2,000 practitioners in nearly 100 Adult Basic Education programs funded by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Grant awards range from $20,000 to $30,000. |
| RECIPIENT |
AMOUNT |
| Bristol Community College (Fall River) | $30,000 |
| Holyoke Community College | $20,000 |
| Northern Essex Community College (Lawrence) | $24,000 |
| Quinsigamond Community College (Worcester) | $24,000 |
| University of Massachusetts - Boston | $20,000 |
| TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDS | $118,000 |
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