[NLA] Discussion: CBO's as Key Players

[Nashansen@aol.com]

NLA subscribers and particularly Gail:

In an email posted before David Rosen's interlude, Gail Spangenberg wrote:

 << Also, I really don't favor 
lumping voluntary and CBO programs into one category.  Voluntary are 
just that, but CBOs are extraordinarily varied in purpose and type. >>

As a starting point, define what the state CBO looks like in your experience. 
 There seems to be a difference of opinion here as to whether or not a 
Community-Based Organization is a CBO or a "voluntary" group.  Define the 
difference in your view.  

In my view and only my view, Adult Education, if funded by federal funding 
trickled down through one department or another of the state's government, 
doesn't feel as though it >should< be called a community-based organization.  
CBO's function through supportive resources identified within the boundaries 
of a city/community including instructors as well as funding.  Please explain 
if I'm off-base on this.

Nancy Hansen
Sioux Falls Area Literacy Council
sfallsliteracy at yahoo.com  AND
Nashansen at aol.com

In a message dated 02/14/2003 2:32:23 PM Central Standard Time, 
srobinson at doe.state.vt.us writes:

<< Let me say that in some states CBOs are the Adult Education
 System!
 Sandra Robinson >>
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