Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs: FY2006

Priorities are to:

• support programs and/or collaborations that provide homeless adults with the opportunity to access a seamless continuum of ABE services;

• support programs and/or collaborations that can demonstrate the capacity to serve the homeless in an environment that is designed to meet their needs; and

• support collaborations that demonstrate significant co-investment of providers and/or Community Adult Learning Centers serving homeless adults.

Eligible applicants are public and private non-profit entities that include cities and towns, school districts, community colleges and other institutions of higher learning, correctional facilities, and public and private non-profit agencies, including community-based organizations that are proposing to provide a Community Adult Learning Center. Applicants must submit proposals that demonstrate a collaboration with an organization that provides services to homeless adults.

Eligible applicants also include public and private non-profit agencies that provide services to homeless adults.

Applicants must submit proposals that demonstrate collaboration between a Community Adult Learning Center and a provider of services to homeless adults.

Funds must be used to provide rate-based classes to homeless adults.

Funds may be used to coordinate services with a Community Adult Learning Center to ensure that homeless adults have access to a full continuum of ABE services.

7/1/2005 - 6/30/2006 (State-funded - Fund Code: 345)

9/1/2005 - 8/31/2006 (Federally-funded - Fund Codes: 340, 359)

Monday, January 10, 2005

Competitive proposals must be received at the Department by 3:00 p.m. on the date due.

1. Letter of Intent to Apply Form: [ WORD | PDF ]

2. Part I - General - Program Unit Signature Page - (Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants): [ WORD | PDF ]

3. Part II Budget Detail Pages (Include both pages): [ WORD | PDF | EXCEL | Instructions ]

4. Part III - Required Program Information: [ WORD | PDF ]

5. Statement of Assurances: [ WORD | PDF ]

6. Schedule B - Cost Sharing or Matching Schedule: [ WORD | PDF ]

• See Table 2 for instructions and requirements: [ WORD | PDF ]

All applicants must submit a program design that is consistent with the Guidelines for Effective ABE and the ABE Rates System.

All applicants must complete and submit the following required components of the Department of Education's web-based planning and reporting system, the System for Managing Accountability and Results Through Technology (SMARTT). (See Additional Information.)

Elements of the SMARTT Plan

• Class Plan

• Class Funding Detail Sheet

• Flex/Set-Aside/Foundation Sheet

• DOE Direct Staff Plan

• DOE Direct Staff Salary Analysis

• DOE Direct Project Staff Salary Report

• DOE Direct Summary Sheet

• DOE Direct Prototype Budget Sheet

• Volunteer Plan (if applicable)

• Administrative Cost Worksheet

• Non-DOE Staff Plan

• Non-DOE Project Staff Salary Report

• Non-DOE Summary Sheet

• Non-DOE Prototype Budget Sheet

• Summary (of both DOE and Non-DOE) Budget Sheet

• Summary (of both DOE and Non-DOE) Staff Plan

Hard copies of the above components of the SMARTT plan must be submitted in Appendix C.

Applicants are required to provide an auditable matching share of 20% of the total amount of the requested grant award. Currently funded grantees must provide a matching share that is not less than their current matching share (maintenance of effort amount) or 20% of the requested amount, whichever is greater.

Applicants must sign the Statement of Assurances and adhere to the eligibility requirements therein.

• ABE Curriculum Frameworks

• ABE Professional Standards

• Assessment Policy and Procedures Manual

• Class Size Chart

• Countable Outcomes Manual

• Glossary

• Guidelines for Effective Adult Basic Education (Revised 10/2004): [ WORD ] | [ PDF ]

• Indicators of Program Quality

• SMARTT Program Planning (Elements the SMARTT Plan)

The Letter of Intent to Apply Form must be received at the Department by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 19, 2004. It should be sent by Certified, Registered, or Return Receipt Requested mail.

Mail to:

Karen McCabe
Adult and Community Learning Services
Massachusetts Department of Education
75 Pleasant Street 4^th Floor
Malden, MA 02148-4906

Proposal
Submission
Instructions:

Due:
Monday,
January 10, 2005

Submit 7 sets of the proposal, with an original signature (in blue ink) of the Superintendent/Executive Director/President on TWO sets.

Proposals are due on Monday, January 10, 2005 by 3:00 p.m.

Mail to:

Charlene Collins, Fiscal Liaison
Adult and Community Learning Services
Massachusetts Department of Education
75 Pleasant Street 4^th Floor
Malden, MA 02148-4906