The Office of Adult Education (OAE) is accepting Title II AEFLA Grant Applications to develop, implement, and improve adult education and literacy activities across the commonwealth. Eligible applicants may establish and/or operate a comprehensive service model program for adult education and literacy services and may include programs that provide such activities concurrently. Funding to support this initiative is made available through the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA).
The tentative timeline below addresses all the pertinent requirements, actions and associated due dates. Please note that the due dates are no later than dates and actions may be completed prior to the annotated date. Correspondence related to the RFA needs to be submitted in writing to
AEFLAGrants2025@ky.gov – Please share any questions to that address.
AEFLA, Title II Grant Applications Timeline FY 2026 – FY 2028
- RFA Release Date - January 10, 2025
- RFA Bidder’s Question Window - Jan 27 through Feb 3, 2025
- RFA Bidder’s Virtual Conference - Feb 3, 2025 (Register
HERE)
- Grant Applications DUE to OAE- Feb 21,2025
- Eligibility Screening - February 24, 2025
- Evaluation of Eligible Applications - Feb 25 through March 11, 2025
- Submit to ELC for Final Approval - March 12, 2025
- Grant Award Notifications - March 19, 2025
- Applicant Appeal Window - April 2, 2025
Submission Documents
Application Submission Instructions
Applications must include all parts applicable from the requirements listed below. Applications should include the demonstrative effectiveness table relevant to the application type, a narrative addressing the 13 Considerations, budget templates and narrative, and all required signature pages. Please note, the 13 Considerations will satisfy the narrative requirements for AEFLA (231), Corrections (225), and IELCE (243) grants. Additionally, IELCE section 243 requirements and state supplemental questions must be completed for the 243 IELCE grant funding.
All necessary application documents should be submitted in their completed status, in one email, to
AEFLAGrants2025@ky.gov by February 21, 2025.
NOTE: Only utilize the formatted templates and application downloadables provided. No other documents or supplemental information will be considered when scoring applications. Refer to the rubrics for details on how best to address all parts that are necessary to be scored. Google Chrome is the ideal browser for document downloading.
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