CMA 2026-255 · Agenda item attachment · Sep 14 2026

CMA 2026-255 IN CITY COUNCIL September 14, 2026 To the Honorable, the City Council: I am hereby requesting the appropriation of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Services grant received from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) in the amount of $1,089,817.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salaries and Wages account ($1,052,651.00), to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($35,966.00), and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Travel and Training account ($1,200.00). This is a state grant for core ESOL and ABE services. In addition to the ESOL and ABE teaching, this grant provides funding for advising (education, career), civics education, digital literacy instruction, and assessment, coordination of services to students with documented disabilities, ESOL curriculum development and coordination, technology and digital literacy coordination, volunteer coordination, outreach activities and child care services to the ESOL family literacy class at the Peabody school, as well as professional development for teachers and staff. Very truly yours, Yi-An Huang City Manager

City of Cambridge A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,089,817.00 from the Adult Education and Family Literacy Services Grant.