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Grants and Other Financial Assistance Programs: FY2008

Community Adult Learning Center
Program Service Option 3 - Family Literacy
Fund Code: 340/345

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:

  1. 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;

  2. Community Adult Learning Centers that coordinate family literacy services with an early childhood education program or public school;

  3. Community Adult Learning Centers that coordinate family literacy services with a family services (parenting support/education, interactive literacy) provider; and

  4. 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.

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are currently funded Community Adult Learning Centers with Program Service Option 3 - Family Literacy.
Funding:See Table 1 - Funding Allocations: Download MS WORD Document  Download PDF Document
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 7/1/2007 - 6/30/2008

Fund Code: 340 9/1/2007 - 8/31/2008

Program Unit: Adult and Community Learning Services
Contact: Anne Serino aserino@doe.mass.edu
Phone Number: (781) 338-3801
Date Due:

Fund Code: 345 Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Fund Code: 340 Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Proposals must be received at the Department by 5:00 p.m. on the date due.

Required Forms:
Download PDF DocumentDownload MS WORD Document Part III - Required Program Information - (Submit through the SMARTT Program Module.)
Additional
Information:
  • SMARTT Manual - FY2008

Submission
Instructions:
Submit the Program Service Option 3 application with the Community Adult Learning Center application package.

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