FY2019: Workplace Education Instructional Grants

Fund Code: 494

Purpose:

The purpose of this grant program is to provide contextualized ABE/ESOL basic skills workplace instructional services to incumbent workers lacking the basic foundation skills expected of a high school graduate and/or who are limited English proficient.

Priorities:

The priority is to support programs that deliver instructional services through partnerships between an education provider and a business or between an education provider and multiple businesses (consortia). These partnerships are supported by a combination of state grants and employer matching resources for a maximum of three years.

Eligibility:

This is a continuation grant. Five eligible recipients are those programs initially funded in FY 16 and for whom FY 19 is the final year of funding. See list below.

All five eligible recipients must document evidence of continuing need for Adult Basic Education instruction in the workforce.

The following five workplace education partnerships are eligible to apply for the grant awards listed.

Funding Type:

Federal CFDA: 84.002

Funding:

All recipients awarded in the FY 16 Open and Competitive process are eligible to apply. FY 19 is the final year of funding for these five federal grants.

Workplace Education Partnership	FY 19 Grant Award
World Education, Inc & Sidekim Foods	$41,000
Bristol Community College & Joseph A Abboud & UNITEHERE!	$52,000
Cambridge Community Learning Center & MIT	$37,500
Jewish Vocational Service and Boloco	$52,000
Jewish Vocational Service and Stavis Seafood	$52,000

Note: Administrative costs must not exceed 20%.

Funding is contingent upon availability. All dollar amounts listed are estimated/approximate and are subject to change. If more funding is to become available it will be distributed under the same guideline as listed in the initial RFP document.

Fund Use:

Funds must be used for collaborations between/among an education provider and a business or consortia of businesses.

Project Duration:

9/1/2018 – 8/31/2019

Program Unit:

Adult and Community Learning Services

Contact:

Olivia Steele

Phone Number:

(781) 338-3858

Date Due:

Applications for the federally funded projects are due by Friday, June 22, 2018 at 3:00PM.
See Grants for Schools: Getting Them and Using Them, A Procedural Manual

Required Forms:

These required forms must be submitted online through EdGrants.

For instructions, see Grid A on Submissions page.

Part I — General — Program Unit Signature Page — (Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants) Note: Please sign and date your cover page and ensure the amount matches the amount budgeted

 

Part II — Program Expenditures Budget Detail Pages (entered directly in EdGrants)

 

Budget Narrative — (designed by applicant)

 

Match Narrative — (designed by applicant)

Schedule B — Cost Sharing or Matching Schedule

Part III — Required Program Information

FY 19 Statement of Assurances

Additional Information:

Letter from ABE State Director

Submission of Proposals and Related Information

Massachusetts Guidelines for Effective Workplace Education Partnership

Massachusetts ABE Curriculum Framework for English for Speakers of Other Languages (2005)

Massachusetts Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult English Speakers of Other Languages

College and Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education (2013)

Massachusetts Indicators of Program Quality for Workplace Education

Massachusetts Workplace Recommended Readings

Submission Instructions:

Grantees must use the online grants information system; no paper submissions will be accepted.

Submit all required grant materials through EdGrants.

In EdGrants, applicants are required to create and name the project. Please use the following naming convention for your "Applicant Project Name" in EdGrants:

FY19 (Insert fund code and full legal name of program) (no acronyms, please)

All required forms should be uploaded in the Attachments List formlet of the Application Submission. This includes a signed / scanned PDF of Part I / Coversheet with CEO/Superintendent/Executive Director signature.

For detailed instructions, please see review the EdGrants Front Office User Guide: How to Apply .

Please note: The program must determine who to add as users of EdGrants in order to submit grant application as well as for payment request information. Please review the EdGrants: User Security Controls to make informed decisions regarding assigning your EdGrants level users.

Last Updated: June 8, 2018