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- Program-specific Requirements for Adult Education and Family Literacy Act ProgramsThe Unified or Combined State Plan must include a description of the following as it pertains to Adult Education and Literacy programs under title II, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA).
d. 2. Describe How the State Will Fund, in Accordance with the Requirements of Title Ii, Subtitle C, Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Services and How the Funds Will Be Used for Those Services.
Current Narrative:
The Minnesota Department of Education offers multi-year grants through a competitive request-for-proposal (RFP) process specifically for IEL/Civics Education grant funds. The application RFP asks potential local providers to describe: 1) The programming they would implement and how it incorporates the four instructional components; 2) How they would use the grant funds; and 3) Respond to the 13 considerations from Title II of WIOA. Each criterion in the application RFP articulates a potential maximum score.
Eligible providers for IEL/Civics grants include local education agencies, community based organizations (including faith-based organizations), volunteer literacy organizations, institutions of higher education, public or private nonprofits, public housing authorities, libraries, and consortiums of the above.
A fair and equitable process is followed to allow all eligible entities the opportunity to apply for the IEL/Civics grant. The Minnesota Department of Education publishes all grant opportunities on its website. IEL/Civics proposals are rated and scored by teams of reviewers approved by the Minnesota Department of Education Grants Office.
The review process for selecting successful applicants includes formally scoring applications on their responses to each of the 13 considerations of WIOA, the programming proposed and its alignment to the four instructional components, and the articulated use of funds.
Successful applicants may receive up to $75,000 per site annually for their IEL/Civics program that embeds the four instructional components as noted in WIOA through IEL/Civics: 1. English Literacy 2. Civics 3. Workforce Preparation 4. Work Training and Certification