CMA 2017-214

The appropriation of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) grant received from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) in the amount of $641,965 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($619,012), Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($21,453), and Travel and Training account ($1,500) which will fund English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), literacy, and high school equivalency preparation classes (teaching, advising, and assessment), volunteer coordination, technology coordination, distance learning for ESOL students, student leadership activities, childcare through the Center for Families for a family literacy class, and out-stationing at Career Source to identify and refer potential adult education students