| Purpose: |
The purpose of this grant program is to support Community Adult Learning Centers that provide high quality Adult Basic Education and integrated family literacy services. |
| Priorities: |
Priorities are to support:
Community Adult Learning Centers that propose services that are integrated with age appropriate childhood education and/or family services and can demonstrate significant co-investment of a partner;
Community Adult Learning Centers that coordinate family literacy services with an early childhood education program or public school;
Community Adult Learning Centers that coordinate family literacy services with a family services (parenting support/education, interactive literacy) provider; and
family literacy services in communities that have identified the need for coordination between adult and children's educational services in their ABE strategic plan and/or a school or district improvement plan.
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| Eligibility: | Eligible applicants are currently funded Community Adult Learning Centers with Program Service Option 3 - Family Literacy. |
| Funding: | See Table 1   |
| Fund Use: |
Funds must be used to coordinate the collaboration between partnering organizations in order to support the integration of existing family literacy components (Adult Basic Education, early childhood education, interactive literacy, parenting support/education, and home visits) into a comprehensive and unified family literacy program.
Funds may be used to support a Coordinator to identify and recruit families and to serve as a liaison to partnering organizations (e.g., children's education program or public school and/or family service providers).
Funds may be used for interactive literacy activities (literacy based activities that promote interaction between parents and their children) and/or parenting support/education non-rate based classes. |
| Project Duration: |
Fund Code: 345 7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009
Fund Code: 340 9/1/2008 - 8/31/2009
(Subject to appropriation of adequate federal and state funds.) |
| Program Unit: | Adult and Community Learning Services |
| Contact: | Kathy Rodriguez krodriguez@doe.mass.edu |
| Phone Number: | (781) 338-3846 |
| Date Due: |
Fund Code: 345 Thursday, May 1, 2008
Fund Code: 340 Friday, August 1, 2008
Proposals must be received at the Department by 5:00 p.m. on the date due. |
| Required Forms: |
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Part III - Required Program Information (Submit through the SMARTT Program Planning Module.)
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| Additional Information: | |
| Submission Instructions: | Submit the Program Service Option 3 application with the Community Adult Learning Center application package. |
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