Adult and Community Learning Services (ACLS)

Adult Education Funding Opportunities

Question and Answer documents to RFP's will be posted in the column labeled — Attachments. They will be updated weekly for RFP's until the closing date listed in each RFP.

Funding Year	Fund Code	COMMBUYS Bid	Program Name	Date Posted	Date Due	Grant Type	Alternate ID	Type of Funding	Attachments	Contact
FY27	0342	-	FY27 Fair Share Adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Services	8/13/2026	9/18/2026, 3:00pm	Competitive	-	State	FY27 Fair Share ESOL RFP Questions & Answers	toby.maguire@mass.gov
FY27	0850	-	FY27 High School Equivalency	4/14/2026	5/28/2026, 5:00pm	Targeted	-	State	-	sianna.loftus@mass.gov
FY27	0668	-	FY27 Transition to College	5/11/2026	06/04/2026, 3:00pm	Competitive	-	State	FY27 T2C Q & A Competitive Document	wayne.yee@mass.gov
FY27	0285-0563	-	FY27 Adult Education in Correctional Institutions Continuation	5/11/2026	05/28/2026, 5:00pm	Continuation	-	State and Federal	-	yvonne.c.gittelson@mass.gov
FY27	0345/0340/0359a	-	FY27 Adult Educational an Family Literacy Services	5/11/2026	05/28/2026, 5:00pm	Continuation	-	State and Federal	-	Jolanta.m.conway@mass.gov
FY27	0452	-	FY27 Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) Continuation Grant	5/11/2026	05/28/2026, 5:00pm	Continuation	-	State and Federal	-	yvonne.c.gittelson@mass.gov
FY27	0287	-	FY27 Primary Instruction by Volunteers (PIV)	4/14/2026	5/11/2026, 3:00pm	Competitive	-	State	FY27 PIV Bidder Conference	marie.l.troppe@mass.gov
FY27	0287	-	FY27 Primary Instruction by Volunteers (PIV)	4/14/2026	5/11/2026, 3:00pm	Competitive	-	State	FY27 PIV Competitive Q and A Document	marie.l.troppe@mass.gov
FY27	0671-0661-0359b	-	FY27 MassSTEP QABE and MassSTEP ESOL	4/14/2026	05/28.2026, 3:00pm	Continuation	-	State and Federal	-	derek.kalchbrenner@mass.gov
FY27	0538	-	FY27 MassLINKS Adult Education Virtual School	4/13/2026	5/28/2026, 5:00pm	Continuation	-	State	-	paula.jurigian@mass.gov
FY27	0671-0661-0359b	-	FY27 MassSTEP ABE and MassSTEP ESOL	4/13/2026	05/29/2026, 3:00pm	Competitive	-	State and Federal	FY27 MassSTEP Competitive Q and A Document	derek.kalchbrenner@mass.gov
FY26	0850	-	High School Equivalency	6/27/2025	6/30/2025, 5:00pm	Continuation	-	State	-	jolanta.m.conway@mass.gov
FY26	0495	-	FY2026: Workplace Education Phase II	5/22/2025	6/13/2025	Continuation	-	Federal	-	wayne.yee@mass.gov
FY26	0668	-	FY2026: Transition to College	6/5/2025	6/13/2025, 5:00pm	Continuation	-	State	-	derek.kalchbrenner@mass.gov
FY26	0452	-	FY2026: Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) Continuation Grant	5/28/2025	6/13/2025, 5:00pm	Continuation	-	Federal	-	yvonne.c.gittelson@mass.gov
FY26	0563/0285	-	FY2026: Adult Education in Correctional Institutions (Continuation)	5/28/2025	6/13/2025, 5:00pm	Targeted	-	State and Federal	-	yvonne.c.gittelson@mass.gov
FY26	0538	-	Fy2026: MassLINKS Adult Education Virtual School	6/3/2025	6/13/2025	Continuation	-	State	-	paula.jurigian@mass.gov
FY26	287	-	FY2026: Primary Instruction by Volunteers	5/28/2025	6/13/2025, 5:00pm	Continuation	-	State	-	marie.l.troppe@mass.gov
FY26	0340/0345/0359a	-	FY2026: Adult Education and Family Literacy Services	5/28/2025	6/13/2025	Continuation	-	State and Federal	-	jolanta.m.comnway@mass.gov
FY26	0562	-	FY2026: Massachusetts YouthBuild Coalition Program	5/28/2025	6/30/2025	Targeted	-	State	-	joeatta.k.smith-nwachuku@mass.gov
FY26-FY28	-	BD-25-1026-DOE02-DOE01-115934	Pay for Performance: Adult Education Workforce & College Preparation RFR	4/24/2025	6/3/2025, 12:00pm	-	26ACLMV1	State	-	Melissa.B.Viscovich@mass.gov
FY25-FY26	0671/0661/0359	-	FY2025 & FY2026: MassSTEP ABE and MassSTEP ESOL	1/15/2025	Planning: Feb. 14, 2025 Implementation: April 18, 2025	Competitive	-	State, Federal	FY25 MassSTEP and ABE Planning and Implementation RFP Q & A	Derek.Kalchbrenner@mass.gov
FY25	0340/0345/0359a	-	FY2025: Adult Education and Family Literacy Services	5/22/2024	6/7/2024	Continuation	-	State, Federal	-	jolanta.m.conway@mass.gov
FY25	0671/0661/0359	-	FY2025: MassSTEP ABE and MassSTEP ESOL	5/24/2024	6/7/2024	Continuation	-	State, Federal	-	Derek.Kalchbrenner@mass.gov
FY25	0285/0563	-	FY2025: Adult Education in Correctional Institutions Continuation	5/22/2024	6/7/2024	Continuation	-	State, Federal	-	yvonne.c.gittelson@mass.gov
FY25	0452	-	FY2025: Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) Competitive Grant	4/9/2024	5/10/2024	Competitive	-	Federal	-	yvonne.c.gittelson@mass.gov
FY25	0306	-	FY2025: Title I, Part D, Subpart 1 for State Correctional Educational Agencies	4/1/2024	5/10/2024	Federal	-	Federal	-	yvonne.c.gittelson@mass.gov
FY25	0538	-	FY2025: MassLINKS — Adult Education Virtual School	2/8/2024	3/22/2024	Competitive	-	State	FY2025 MassLINKS RFP Q & A	Paula.Jurigian@mass.gov

Last Updated: September 9, 2026