City Manager's Agenda 2018 #221

Official designation: CMA 2018-221

Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) grant received from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) in the amount of $692,878.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($660,002.00), to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($31,151.00) and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Travel and Training account ($1,725.00) and will be used to fund ESOL, literacy, and high school equivalency preparation classes (teaching, advising, and assessment), the grant provides for 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 coordinate services among ABE providers in the Metro North region as well as among ABE and WIOA partners