13 Availability of State grant funds for Pennsylvania Literacy Corps Programs for program year 1996-97

Availability of State Grant Funds for Pennsylvania Literacy Corps Programs for Program Year 1996-97

[26 Pa.B. 38]

   The Pennsylvania Adult Literacy Act (Act 143), as approved by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, will provide funds for grants to support adult literacy in the Commonwealth for Fiscal Year 1996. Funds also will be available to provide grants for the conduct of the Pennsylvania Literacy Corps Program. This program is administered for the Secretary of Education by the Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education.

   The mission of the Pennsylvania Literacy Corps Program is to promote lifelong involvement in community service while enhancing the curricula of higher education institutions with service learning opportunities that assist in resolving community problems. Specifically, the Pennsylvania Literacy Corps strives to:

   *  mobilize college students to help overcome the illiteracy problem in the Commonwealth; and

   *  encourage higher education institutions to promote and support community service as an integral part of the college curriculum.

   Grant funds are available in amounts up to $35,000 per program to support collaborative efforts between institutions of higher education and adult basic and literacy education providers to establish and conduct a Pennsylvania Literacy Corps Program during the period July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997. The applicant for the grant may be either the higher education institution or the adult basic and literacy education provider; however, the application must reflect a collaborative partnership which meets the goals of the Pennsylvania Literacy Corps Program and provides for college students to devote a minimum of 40 hours of volunteer service with an adult basic and literacy education program as part of their course work.

   Priority consideration for the award of grants will be to applicants for a partnership and higher education institutions and a volunteer based adult basic and literacy education provider.

   Completed application must be received at the Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education, Department of Education, on or before April 12, 1996.

   Application packets and guidelines may be obtained by written request to: Chief, Regional Programs Director, Attn: PLC, Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education, Department of Education, 333 Market Street, 12th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333.

   Potential applicants are urged to attend one of the following combined proposal development workshops for Federal Adult Education Act, Section 322, and State Adult Literacy Program, Act 143 of 1986. In order to ensure timely administration and processing of applications, both the grant writer and the fiscal person should attend the workshop.

Section 322/Act 143 Administrative Workshops

Date/Time	Site
January 30, 1996 10 a.m.	Saegertown Saegertown High School (located just behind the elementary school) Administration Rooms (Saegertown exit off I-79, Rte 198, on right--East)
January 31, 1996 10 a.m.	Pittsburgh Bidwell Training Center 1815 Metropolitan Street Auditorium
February 1, 1996 9:30 a.m.	Altoona Altoona Area High School Board Rm. B-229 (2nd Floor) B Building 6th Avenue and 15th Street
February 6, 1996 10 a.m.	Harrisburg Harrisburg Area Community College One HACC Drive Alumni Lounge (Cooper 204)
February 7, 1996 10 a.m.	Scranton Marywood College 2300 Adams Street Nazareth Hall Student Center Crystal Room
February 8, 1996 10 a.m.	Philadelphia Community College of Philadelphia (Near 17th and Spring Garden across from Bonnell Building) Winet Student Life Center (Parking available in garage adjacent to Winet Building)
February 9, 1996 10 a.m.	Radnor Cabrini College 610 King of Prussia Road Widener Center--Lecture Hall

All completed PA Literacy Corps applications are due in Harrisburg on or before 5 p.m., April 12, 1996.

EUGENE W. HICKOK, Jr.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-13. Filed for public inspection January 5, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]