Workforce Investment Act

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Workforce Investment Act
Bidders Conference 2009
Welcome!
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BIDDERS CONFERENCE

• Presented by
• Dianne Duthie, State Director
• Division of Lifelong Learning
• Bureau of Workforce Transformation (BWT)
• Department of Energy, Labor Economic Growth
  (DELEG)

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Why a Competitive Grant?

• The Transformation of Michigans Adult Learning
  Infrastructure based on the unanimously approved
  8 recommendations of the Adult Learning Workgroup
  (AWLG) to the Council for Labor and Economic
  Growth (CLEG) in December 2008

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Recommendations

• Create a unified strategic approach
• Engage a range of partners in service delivery
• Build clear connections between learning and the
  promise of good jobs

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Recommendations
Recommendations

• Use accelerated and connected pathways
• Increase access to adult learning
• Make basic skills development a priority across
  funding
• Hold regional partnerships accountable for
  success
• Engage a broad coalition in communicating urgent
  need

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Todays Goal

• OAL Staff will guide your through the application
  process
• Write down your questions until we are through
  the power point presentations
• DELEG will address all your questions and provide
  with all the necessary guidance

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Housekeeping
Reminder Application deadline must be met!

• Another Session at this same location at 900 am
• Successful applicants will be notified before
  June 30th and will be published on our website
• Grants will be made available as soon as the feds
  make it available to the state

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AN OVERVIEW

• Presented by
• Cliff Akujobi, Manager
• Office of Adult Learning

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Eligibility of Applicants

• The Request For Proposal (RFP) lists who is
  eligible to apply
• The Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II of
  1998 sub-recipients range from Literacy Councils,
  Libraries, to School districts

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Eligible Applicants

• Local Educational Agency
• Community Based Organization
• Volunteer Literacy Organization
• Institution of Higher Education
• Public or Private Non-profit Agency
• Library
• Public Housing Authority
• Consortium of agencies, organizations,
  institutions, or libraries

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Funding Sources

• Workforce Investment Act Title II of1998 Adult
  Education Family Literacy Act (AEFLA)
• 5 Funding Sources
• Adult Basic Education (Instruction)
• Institutional (Jail Programs)
• English Language and Civics Education (EL Civics)
• Instructional Initiatives
• Special Projects

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Funding Distribution

• 82.5 for ABE or EL Civics
• 90 (of 82.5 of ABE) Instruction
• 10 (of 82.5 of ABE) Institutional
• 12 Leadership Activities
• 5 Administration

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Performance Based Funding

• Three performance based criteria
• 65 Pre and Post Test rate
• Educational Functioning Level measures negotiated
  by DELEG
• Goal attainment measures established by DELEG

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Funding Formula

• 70
• base funding for the cost of providing
  instructional services for an actual number of
  participants listed in your application

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Funding Formula Performance Based

• 10 to Programs that meet the 65 pre- and post-
  test rate
• 5 to programs with a pre- and post- test rate
  between 55 and 64
• 10 to programs that meet or exceed the state
  negotiated performance measures for educational
  functioning levels

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Pilot Project Grants Instructional Initiative

• Must have statewide impact
• Innovative
• Research-based
• Improve participants performance
• Sustainable
• Easy to replicate

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Special Project Grants

• For non-instructional pilot projects
• Grant availability is published on the DELEG
  Office of Adult Learning website, with
  eligibility and notice of interest to apply, etc.
  specified

www.michigan.gov/adulteducation
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Application Process

• An application for each funding stream/source
• Must complete
• Part 5 Total Adult Education Budget Summary page
  
• Specific Budget Detail page
• Other applicable budget detail pages

Consortium members include or complete a
separate budget detailed page for each member
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2009-2010 State Performance Measures ABE and
Adult Secondary Education
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2009-2010 State Performance MeasuresESL
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2009-2010 State Performance Measures Goal
Attainment
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Final Reporting and Compliance Requirements

• Final Expenditure Report Due within 60 days of
  grant ending date
• Final Narrative and Program Summary Due
  November 30, 2010
• Program Improvement Plans
• Program Monitoring and Compliance

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APPLICATION NARRATIVE

• Presented
• By
• Nancy Rotarius
• Adult Education Programs Coordinator

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Preparing to Write

• Read all information in the grant packet prior
  to entering any information.

Information Gathering Resource Identification
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MEIS Account Application

• With MEIS use the MEGS
• No MEIS Go to Adult Education Website
• www.michigan.gov/adulteducation
• Must include signed cover page
• Assurances, Certifications, General Provisions

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Narrative Completion

• Focus on Key Words in the Guidance and
  Instructions
• Responses should be complete and concise, in the
  form requested, and within the stated character
  limitations

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Regional Adult Education and Family Literacy
Needs and Priorities

• Give detailed descriptions of the adult education
  needs of your community
• Identify supports for participants who face
  multiple barriers to achieve goals
• Explain why you choose to offer these programs
  and how you will meet needs not met by your
  programs
• Relationship with WDB and EAG

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Program Design

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Consider the following
• Specific curriculum used
• Alignment with opportunities for employment,
  postsecondary education and training
• Various Instructional Methods and Service modes
• Multi-level texts and contextualized learning
• Alignment with state content standards
• 7 guiding principles for adult education
  Collaboration, Accountability, Responsiveness,
  Agility, Contextualization, Entrepreneurship, and
  Alignment.

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Program Design

• Program Intensity and Duration
• Consider the following
• Scheduling that accommodates adult learners
  various needs and allows for participants to
  achieve substantial learning gains
• Allows for enrollment throughout the year

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Program Design
Program Design
Technology

• Describe how technology is used to enhance or
  deliver instruction include off site
  opportunities.
• Include the level of proficiency the instructor
  and adult learner are required to have to
  effectively use technology.
• Include how technology skills are assessed.

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Program Design
Program Design

• Recruitment and Retention
• Recruitment strategies and methods employed to
  bring adult learners into the program
• Retention strategies and methods used to
  maintain the interest and attendance of the
  adult learner in the program until they achieve
  their goal(s)

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Program Design
Program Design

• Tuition and Fees
• May be charged but must be used to support the
  adult education program.
• Charges must be used for the purpose of the grant
  agreement and consistent with State/Federal
  guidelines.
• Cannot be used to meet Matching or Maintenance of
  Effort Requirements.

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Alignment with State Performance Objectives

• Connections to employment or higher levels of
  education
• Aligned exit and entry requirements
• Accelerated programming for easy transitions to
  employment and postsecondary education