Students & Families Adult Education
Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS)

Funding Opportunity from the Office of Postsecondary Education

Dear ABE Program Directors:

This email provides information on a funding opportunity available from the Office of Postsecondary Education. Please click on the link below for more information or contact Levenia Ishmell at levenia.ishmell@ed.gov or 202-502-7668.

http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2009-2/060509a.html

The priority for this funding is:
Projects that propose innovative strategies to benefit working adults and displaced workers pursuing degrees in community college.

Projects may include activities that improve:

• Academic remediation
• Tutoring
• Academic and personal counseling
• Registration processes
• Students' course selection and scheduling
• Instructional delivery
• Student support services related to childcare, transportation, or educational costs, such as textbooks
• Career counseling

Applicants should focus on meeting the unique needs of community college students and adult learners and preparing them for high-growth occupations and to meet employer needs.

The deadline for application submissions is August 4, 2009. The project period is up to 36 months.

Eligible applicants include: Institutes of Higher Ed (IHEs), other public and private nonprofit institutions and agencies, and combinations of these institutions and agencies.

Thank you.

Anne Serino