Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE): Improved Reentry Education (IRE) CFDA Number 84.191D

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1. Eligible Applicants: (a) An application must be submitted by an eligible applicant, as described in paragraph (b) of this section, on behalf of a partnership that involves the required partners in subparagraph (c)(i) of this section, and any optional partners in subparagraph (c)(ii) of this section. (b) Eligible applicant means one of the following organizations that currently provide adult education and literacy activities: (i) correctional institutions; (ii) community correction facilities or organizations; (iii) intermediary prisoner reentry service providers; (iv) community-based educational service providers; (v) other community-based or faith-based organizations; (vi) volunteer literacy organizations; (vii) institutions of higher education, including community college or technical colleges; (viii) public or private nonprofit agencies; (ix) libraries; (x) occupational training providers; (xi) public housing authorities; or (xii) nonprofit institutions not described above that provide adult education and literacy activities in correctional institutions or community settings. (c) The partnership on whose behalf the application is submitted-- (i) Must include-- (A) The eligible applicant submitting the application, and (B) One or more correctional institutions, as identified in the list of eligible applicants in paragraph (b)(i) of this section, at least one of which must currently offer adult basic education services or English literacy programs; and (ii) May also include one or more of the other eligible applicants identified above in paragraph (b) of this section.

Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6288 EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov Program Manager: Tammi Fergusson, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 11009, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 245-7706 or by email: Tammi.Fergusson@ed.gov.