Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g3OE6Vu25982; Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:06:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:06:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05001901b8ec6ad06a97@[146.186.96.32]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Priscilla Carman <psc3@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:520] Thursday Notes 4/18/02 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1192465541==_ma============" Status: O Content-Length: 7686 Lines: 192 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Editor: Sarah Newcomb Production: Rose Tilghman Status: RO April 18, 2002 ___________________________________ 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@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@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. ____________________________________________________________________________ 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/
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