​The Division of Adult Education will not hold a live webinar. To ensure direct and equitable access to the content of the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Program webinar, the Division of Adult Education will record a closed session. The recording will be converted to a YouTube video with closed captioning. The webinar slides and transcript will be posted to the Division of Adult Education Grant Competitions webpage along with a link to the video. We do not have date for that. In the meantime, the Division of Adult Education strongly recommends that those interested in the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Program grant application review the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Program RGA Guidelines, the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education Program Grant Application Content, and other related documents on the Division of Adult Education Grant Competitions webpage. Those documents cover the same information that will be covered in the webinar.

​This issue has been resolved.  Applicants should be able to open the Excel documents now.

The last round of funding was approximately $1.6 million.

Agencies that were previously funded under WIOA must submit performance data as required under WIOA section 116. In Pennsylvania, that is the agency performance data aligned with NRS reporting. Agencies may determine which set or combination of sets of agency performance data under NRS from 2017-18 and 2018-19 to use. The division is not specifying the exact sets of data.

Programs must have at least two levels year round at all locations served by this grant. Programs do not need to offer both daytime and evening classes.

The Division of Adult Education is not categorically eliminating any occupational training from consideration as part of an IET. All proposals for integrated education and training (IET) activities will be reviewed and considered based on the content submitted in the Integrated Education and Training Proposal. The division included the information about strictly regulated occupational training to make potential applicants aware of possible challenges. As stated in the webinar, all IET activities that successful applicants propose will have to be reviewed and approved for this grant cycle (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2023), including any IETs previously approved by the division.

In general, the expectation is that classes are held at the same site. The point of multiple levels at a location is to allow students to move through the levels of IELCE activities to reach the IET. All classes and levels must be accessible to the same group of students. The program must support students to move through the program, and class locations should not be a barrier for students to progress. If the program is unable to hold the required levels at the same site, the applicant should address the reason in question #2 under Program Design and, in the same answer, clearly describe the steps the program will take to ensure that it fully supports all students to progress through the program.

​Preliminary employment data for agencies previously funded under AEFLA, Title II of WIOA have been posted to the Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources website during the week of March 30, 2020.

No. To adhere to the timeline for review and scoring of the applications, awarding of the grants, and processing of the grant contracts prior to the July 1, 2020 contract start date, the Division of Adult Education will not extend the deadline for submitting the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education grant applications. The eGrants system and all resources related to the IELCE grant competition are available online.

​Programs must have at least two levels year round. Two levels must be offered simultaneously year round. Programs cannot alternate levels throughout the year. Additional levels may be offered as needed.

When determining eligibility, the applicant must determine the number of previous program participants that transitioned to employment.

​Agencies that were not previously funded under WIOA may determine the criteria they use to assign individuals to the cohorts for the outcomes and for determining success. During the contract approval process, successful applicants should be prepared to provide to the division the criteria they established and evidence to support the numbers reported.

In the salary section of the budget there is a list of roles in addition to the function and object code. 

Staff members in adult education programs generally fulfill many roles and duties. The information entered in the salary section should accurately reflect staff members’ anticipated work.

Agencies that were previously funded under Title II of WIOA can find performance data for PY 2017-18 on the Administrator Resources page of the Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources website. The links will open Excel spreadsheets. The spreadsheets are wide, so it is necessary to scroll right and left to see all of the columns.

​No.

​Cost for background checks and clearance checks should be allocated to FC 2300/OC 330.

​Applicants do not need to complete the Agency/LEA Information under Funding Accountability and Transparency Data before submitting the grant application.

​Applicants do not sign off on the grant at this point in the competition. That step is only completed by successful applicants who are awarded grants.