Adult Education and Family Literacy Act

In the next grant cycle, 2029-2032, AEI will implement the following changes to the grant requirements.

All grantees will be required to offer all three primary services:

• Adult Basic Education (ABE),
• Adult Secondary Education (ASE), and
• English as a Second Language (ESL).

As well as a minimum of one additional service:

• Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education (IELCE), including IELCE Integrated Education and Training (IET) and IELCE English Language Acquisition (ELA),
• AEFLA Integrated Education and Training (IET),
• Family Literacy (FL),
• Workplace Literacy (WPL), or
• Corrections Education (CE).

• Competition: February 21 - June 3 , 2024
• Award Period: July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2028
• Corrections Education (CE) Only Competition: June 25 - October 14, 2024
• CE Only Award Period: October 14, 2024 - June 30, 2028

Full details of the review and scoring processes, funding decisions, and appeals process are available in the AEFLA RFA and Narrative Application Planning Document (linked below).

The AEFLA competition was run through GAINS. The documents linked below were for planning and review purposes only and were not submitted in GAINS. AEI suggested using the AEFLA Narrative Application Planning Document to prepare narrative responses in advance and then copy and paste them into GAINS.

• AEFLA RFA and Narrative Application Planning Document (Word, Updated 03-06-24)
• PY 24-25 AEFLA Budget Worksheet (Budgets were submitted in GAINS)
• PY 24-25 IELCE Budget Worksheet (Budgts were submitted in GAINS)
• AEFLA Assurances
  • Assurances available by request. Assurances were required unless otherwise stated. If funded, applicants were required to complete and sign each assurance via DocuSign.
• PY 24-25 Accessible Design Assurances
• PY 24-25 Assessment Assurances
• PY 24-25 Attendance Assurances
• PY 24-25 Conflict of Interest Assurances
• PY 24-25 Data Assurances
  • PY 24-25 Sample Student Intake Form
• PY 24-25 Distance Education Assurances (If applicable)
• PY 24-25 Family Literacy Assurances (If applicable)
• PY 24-25 Fiscal Assurances
• PY 24-25 General Assurances
• PY 24-25 IELCE Assurances (If applicable)
• PY 24-25 IET Assurances (If applicable)
• PY 24-25 Professional Learning Assurances
• PY 24-25 Transition Planning Assurances
• PY 24-25 Workplace Literacy Assurances (If applicable)

• College and Career Readiness Standards (Coming Soon!)
• Demonstrated Effectiveness Overview Recording (mp4, added 03-06-24) and Transcript (Word, added 03-06-24)
• English Language Proficiency Standards
• GAINS Technical Assistance Webinar (02-22-24)
  • Watch the recording (mp4)
  • View the presentation (PDF)
• Grant Application FAQ
  • Q&A form is now closed.
  • View responses to questions about the grant application submitted to the AEI Office. 
• PY 24-25 Colorado Assessment Policy - Draft Pending OCTAE Approval (Word)
• PY 24-25 Distance Education Policy (Word)
• PY 24-25 AEI Approved Distance Education Platforms
• Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act
• WIOA Shared Infrastructure Funding Costs (Webinar)
  • Colorado Infrastructure Funding State Formula and Attachments (WIOA-2016-03)
  • Colorado Infrastructure Funding Local Negotiations and Attachments (WIOA-2017-07)