[Abesoutheast] New England Transitions to College and Careers Pilot RFP

Wed Apr 9 11:56:41 EDT 2008

Dear Colleagues,

Below is an import message from Nellie Mae about an opportunity to apply
for the New England Transitions to College and Careers Pilot. Thank you
for giving it your attention.

Annemarie

Annemarie Espindola, Director

SABES Southeast

Bristol Community College

777 Elsbree Street

Fall River, MA 02720

(508) 678-2811 ext. 2782

For more information on the System for Adult Basic Education Support
(SABES) please go to: www.sabes.org/southeast

For information on upcoming SABES offerings or to register for events
please go to: calendar.sabes.org/southeast
<http://calendar.sabes.org/northeast> 

"SABES: Training Leaders in Adult Basic Education"

 New England Transitions to College and Careers Pilot RFP to be released
in early May

In early May, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, in partnership with
the New England Literacy Resource Center, will release a Request for
Proposals (RFP) for The Transition to College and Careers Pilot Project.

Notification will be sent via email when the RFP is released. The RFP
will be posted on the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and New England
Literacy Resource Center websites in May www.nmefdn.org and
www.nelrc.org. 

The Project will focus on helping adult learners access and persist in
postsecondary education through the identification of and support for
pursuing specific high growth occupations in health care fields that
have developed career pathways and pay family sustaining wages.

Classroom-based instruction and face-to-face counseling will be
supplemented by an online course developed by NELRC that will provide
academic and career development information tailored towards the health
careers. All students will receive preparation in core academic and
college readiness skills. The cohort for the program may also include
students who are not pursuing health careers. Programs will provide
these students with career planning guidance.

The New England Literacy Resource Center will assist the Foundation in
selecting grantees for the project and will provide them with technical
assistance, training, and support for program implementation throughout
the grant period. Planning grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to
four to six partnerships for the period from August - December 2008.

Partnerships that complete their proposed planning activities will be
eligible for up to $80,000 to implement the pilot program from January -
December 2009. 

The Foundation will seek organizations and institutions in the six New
England states - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island and Vermont - that provide Adult Basic Education, ESOL, GED or
Diploma classes as a primary educational service and also currently
offer program elements that support adult learners transitioning to
college.  These include public-purpose groups, such as schools and
colleges, and nonprofit organizations that qualify under the Internal
Revenue Service Code 501(c)(3).

Strong proposals will reflect experience and success in providing
services that support adult transitions to college and demonstrate
collaboration with postsecondary education partners. The collaborating
college should have a history of coordinating activities (e.g.

curriculum alignment, career advising, and career placement) with key
health care services employers.  Additional criteria and guidelines will
be detailed in the RFP. 

Please save your inquiries until the RFP is released in May.

Thank you,

Jessica Spohn

Senior Program Officer

About The Nellie Mae Education Foundation The Nellie Mae Education
Foundation is the largest philanthropy in New England that focuses
exclusively on promoting access, quality, and effectiveness of
education. The Foundation provides grants and other support to education
programs and intermediary organizations in the region to dramatically
improve underserved students' academic achievement and to investigate
and promote high quality, varied approaches for students to acquire the
skills and knowledge necessary in the 21st century. The Foundation also
funds research that examines critical education policy issues and public
understanding about education in order to better inform efforts to
improve education. Since it was established in 1998, the Foundation has
distributed nearly $83 million in grants. Currently, it primarily
provides funding through five strategic initiatives: Early Learning,
Pathways to Higher Education, Time for Learning, Adult Learning, and
Systems Building.

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