National Coalition for Literacy » alert http://blog.ncladvocacy.org Advocating for public policies that support adult literacy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:56:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Increase Funding for Adult Education and Family Literacy! http://blog.ncladvocacy.org/2010/04/appropriations2011/ http://blog.ncladvocacy.org/2010/04/appropriations2011/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:40:29 +0000 Jackie Taylor http://blog.ncladvocacy.org/?p=776 The National Coalition for Literacy requests immediate action now on Appropriations for Adult Education and Family Literacy:

Action: Please call, email, or fax your two Senators with this message:

“Please increase funding for adult education to at least $750 million to provide services to potential students placed on waiting list for services.”

Talk about the need and demand for services in your area. Share the 2009-2010 NCSDAE Adult Student Waiting List Survey and discuss the waiting list numbers in your program or

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Urge Congress to Reauthorize WIA NOW!
Weigh in: What Changes in Adult Education Do You Want Most?

Deadline: January 15, 2009

The Workforce Investment Act, Title II—the legislation that makes federally funded adult education programs possible—hasn’t changed since it was first authorized in 1998. Thanks to your advocacy efforts, Congress is now working to change it. Now it is time to tell Congress what changes you want to see most in adult education programs.

Remember, this is reauthorization, not appropriations. We will ask you to weigh in…

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