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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">The Higher Education Coordinating Commission/Community Colleges and Workforce Development Office has issued a Request for Applications (RFA) to distribute
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">WIOA) Title II funds for the delivery
of approved adult education and literacy services beginning July 1, 2017, and continuing through June 30, 2019. These funds are provisional and contingent upon an eligible
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">grantee’s performance
<span style="color:#212121">and the allocation of funds by Congress.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#212121">Fundable activities include instruction and support services for: Adult Basic Education (ABE) and Adult Secondary Education (ASE); English language acquisition (English as a Second
Language (ESL)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)<span style="color:#212121">; Family Literacy; Workforce Preparation; Workplace Adult Education: Integrated Education and
</span>Training (IET); <span style="color:#212121">and Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE). </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">The </span>application period will close on May 5, 2017. Pre-application conference calls will be available on April 12,
<span style="color:#212121">2017. To view and download the RFA, please </span><span style="color:black">use the link to the HECC website below:
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/highered/about/Pages/grants-contracting.aspx">https://www.oregon.gov/highered/about/Pages/grants-contracting.aspx</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, please contact Holley Oglesby, Procurement and Grants Officer,
<a href="mailto:holley.a.oglesby@state.or.us">holley.a.oglesby@state.or.us</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Arlene Weible, MLS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Electronic Services Consultant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Federal Regional Depository Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Support and Development Services<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">503-378-5020<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:arlene.weible@state.or.us">arlene.weible@state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://oregon.gov/osl/ld/">http://oregon.gov/osl/ld/</a>
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