[NLA] Thursday Notes, 4/18/02

[Tilghman, Rose]

Thursday Notes
>From the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Editor: Sarah Newcomb
Production: Rose Tilghman

April 18, 2002				
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FY '02 Allotments 
Announced

Adult Education State Grants program allotment tables--and EL/Civics
allotments--are attached. Please note: 2000 Census data were not available
to calculate state grant allotments totaling $505M but new INS data were
available for $70M in EL/Civics funds. 

Keenan Moves
To State Board

Pennsylvania's State Director Cheryl Keenan is the new Executive Director of
the State Board of Education, effective April 15, 2002 the Chair of the
State Board announced this week. Among Cheryl's many accomplishments was her
leadership in establishing Pennsylvania's first state family literacy
program that has not only tripled in size but now operates in all 67
counties. Cheryl has made a solid contribution to a shared vision for moving
adult education into a new century. We will miss her energy and enthusiasm.
Congratulate Cheryl at <mailto:ckeenan at state.pa.us>

DOL to Hold 
Public Forums on
Reauthorization

The Department of Labor has scheduled a series of nine public forums
nationwide seeking comment on reauthorization of WIA Title I. One issue
under discussion will be how to better articulate Title I with other
programs, including adult education. For a list of forum locations and an
online registration form see
http://usworkforce.org/reauthorization/forums.asp  If you can't participate
in one of the forums, you may give DOL comments at
http://www.usworkforce.org/reauthorization or fax them to 202/693-3229 by
June 30.

New Grants For
CTCs Coming Soon

Be on the lookout for the announcement of our new, $15M Community Technology
Centers (CTC) competition in the Federal Register later this spring. The
program helps eligible applicants create or expand centers to provide
disadvantaged residents of economically distressed urban or rural
communities access to technology and training to use it. This year's
competition for one-year grants will feature a special emphasis on
accountability, measurable outcomes and research-based approaches. More at
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/AdultEd/CTC/index.html send questions to
<mailto:ctc at ed.gov>

What Helps
Welfare Clients
Stay on the Job?

A new study of clients transitioning from welfare to work says that the
reasons they stick with their jobs have more to do with job characteristics
than client characteristics. Jobs that pay well and offer good benefits are
more likely to retain workers. The study recommends transitions be "demand
led," by employers rather than led by the "supply side," providers of
clients. The Jobs for the Future study suggests that local Workforce
Investment Boards "organize" delivery of these services and connect them to
employers on a regional basis. See <http://www.jff.org>  and click What's
New, click Edition 13 of Newswire, click item 5.

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A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/

Attachment

 <<TN-4-18-02-attach-2002 Final Adult Ed Plus ELCivics.xls>> 




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