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    Family Literacy Direct Service

    ​A – The signature is not needed to submit a competitive grant for peer review. If your grant application is selected for award, your agency will print out the grant agreement signature page and follow the instructions for manual signatures in the Adult Education and Family Literacy Guidelines.

    ​A – Applicants should provide information that answers the questions. Applicants must decide for themselves if they have the necessary information.

    ​A – Instructions for gaining access to the Family Literacy Direct Service grant are in the Request for Grant Application Guidelines. Please note that being a current grantee under Division of Adult Education does not automatically give agencies approval to apply for a competitive grant.

    ​A – No. Family literacy programs are not required to provide a full range of instruction at all levels of ABE and ESL.

    (Full question) If we have a staff person working a percentage of their time on [Family Literacy Direct Service] 054 activities but they are fully paid for by another funding source (not PDE), do we include them on the staff table and put the % of their time on the 054 activities column? Is there a place to indicate that they are paid by another source?

    A – All positions working on the Family Literacy Direct Service grant should be included in the Staff section. There are textboxes in each of the budget sections where applicants can provide information. So, if certain roles are not fulfilled by staff paid from the grant, that information should be entered in the textbox in the Salary section.

    ​A – The Division of Adult Education is not requiring applicants to use specific data sources. The specific data elements listed in the Help Button align with the priorities for funding listed in PA Act 143 Section 4(c).  Applicants should use data that they believe best addresses those items. Please note that the Help Button states, "Data provided should include, but not be limited to…" Therefore, applicants should not limit themselves to the five specific data elements listed.