Grant Opportunity -- 9/5/07 Deadline

KYAE is passing along the following grant application information.

The Workforce Strategy Center and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, invite local adult basic education (ABE) programs across the country to apply for the ABE Career Connections project.  Five sites will be selected to receive support in the development and implementation of new or improved approaches to build upon their current involvement in career pathways. The ABE Career Connections project will demonstrate how ABE programs can operate within career pathways to prepare students for postsecondary courses leading to a degree or occupational certificate targeted toward an industry important to a regional economy.  Each winner will receive $75,000, technical assistance, and national recognition.  For more information, visit the Workforce Strategy Center Website.  Applications are due September 5, 2007. 

The ABE Career Connections project application has been revised as of August 10, 2007. Applicants must use the new version currently posted at www.workforcestrategy.org. The revisions are on page 1 of the application and state that applicants must now also submit the following attachments:

a letter supporting the ABE program applicant's participation in the project from the State Director of Adult Education, and

a copy of the ABE program applicant's federal AEFLA grant award from the current year

Programs may call Ginny Sullivan at (502) 573-5114, ext. 115, to get the letter of support as well as the AEFLA number.