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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><B><FONT COLOR="#008080" FACE="Arial">From the D</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008080" FACE="Arial">ivision of</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#008080" FACE="Arial">A</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008080" FACE="Arial">dult</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#008080" FACE="Arial">E</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008080" FACE="Arial">ducation and</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#008080" FACE="Arial">L</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008080" FACE="Arial">iteracy</FONT></B></P>
<P ALIGN=RIGHT><B><FONT COLOR="#008080" FACE="Arial">Office of Vocational and Adult Education</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><I><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Editor: Sarah Newcomb</FONT></I></B>
<BR><B><I><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Production: Rose Tilghman</FONT></I></B>
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<P><I><B><FONT COLOR="#008000" FACE="Arial">February 7, 2002</FONT> </B> </I>
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<P><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">President Requests </FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Level '03 Funding </FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">For Adult Ed</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">President Bush's FY 2003 budget request includes an increase for the Department of Education and level funds adult education at $591M. Of that amount, $575M will go for state grants, $10M for national leadership activities, and $7M for the National Institute for Literacy. No funding was requested for literacy programs for prisoners that received $5M last year. For the complete budget, see</FONT><U> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman"><A HREF="http://www.omb.gov" TARGET="_blank">http://www.omb.gov</A></FONT></U></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Estimated '02 State</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Allotments on Web</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Thanks to some good work by our budget office, the</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">estimated</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> state-by-state adult education allotments for FY 2002 are posted at</FONT><U> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman"><A HREF="http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/Budget02/02byprogram.xls" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/Budget02/02byprogram.xls</A></FONT></U><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> See pages 40-41. Both the state grant and the EL/Civics estimates appear there. These may change if we get updated Census data and Immigration and Naturalization Service data, respectively to use in making the allotments. </FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Bank of America's</FONT></B>
<BR><B><I><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">America/Works</FONT></I><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial"> Helps</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">TANF Clients Move Up</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Bank of America's</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">America/Works</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> program helps clients transitioning from welfare to work move into entry-level jobs at local banks and keep moving up. The bank partners with local CBOs, community colleges and/or government to offer customized "pre-hire" training to prepare people for jobs at the bank. It also runs retention/career advancement programs. In Seattle and San Francisco, Bank of America currently is running onsite work-based English as a second language classes to help limited English speakers move from entry-level work to customer service. Partners include Goodwill and City College respectively. In some locations, employees get paid release time to attend. The</FONT><I> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">America/Works</FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> program is part of the bank's strong culture of promotion from within. Since 1998, Bank of America has hired more than 3,000 former public assistance recipients and has facilitated the hiring of hundreds more by other companies. Contact</FONT><U></U><U><I> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman"><<A HREF="mailto:Karen.B.Shawcross@bankofamerica.com">mailto:Karen.B.Shawcross@bankofamerica.com</A>></FONT></I></U><I></I><I><B></B></I><B></B><B></B></P>
<P><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">What If You Are</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Arial">Stopped by Police?</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">You or I might know to stay in the car and put the dome light on if police pull us over, but immigrants may not. Lutheran Community Services' English literacy/civics education program--funded by OVAE--has a nifty new pamphlet in six languages, contrasting what it may be customary to do in other cultures and what Americans do. For example, in other cultures a person might offer to pay the fine to the police officer, but in the US, officers would consider this a bribe. Languages include: English; Albanian; Russian; Spanish; Farsi; Swahili and French. For one free copy, contact</FONT><U></U><U><I> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman"><<A HREF="mailto:LSSBirgitta@aol.com">mailto:LSSBirgitta@aol.com</A>></FONT></I></U><I></I><I><B></B></I><B></B><B></B></P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><I><FONT COLOR="#008080" SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy</FONT></I></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><I><FONT COLOR="#008080" SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">Office of Vocational and Adult Education</FONT></I></B></P>
<P ALIGN=CENTER><B><I><FONT COLOR="#008080" SIZE=1 FACE="Arial">OVAE Homepage</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"></FONT></I></B><B><I><U> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/</A></FONT></U></I></B><I></I></P>
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