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Adult Literacy Policy & Advocacy Resources

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New York City
  • Literacy and Justice Initiative
  • NYCCAL New York City Coalition for Adult Literacy
  • NYIC New York Immigration Coalition
  • UNH United Neighborhood Houses
  • University Settlement video How to make advocacy calls to City Council
New York State
  • NYACCE New York Association for Career/Continuing Education
  • NYSED AEPP New York State Education Department Adult Education Programs and Policy
  • NYSED AEPP Due Dates Calendar Non EPE or EPE
  • NYSED AEPP Policies and Procedures
National
  • CLASP Develops and advocate for federal, state and local policies to strengthen families and create pathways to education and work
  • COABE Commission on Adult Basic Education
  • NCL National Coalition for Literacy 
  • ProLiteracy Adult Literacy  facts
  • The Case for Investment in Adult Basic Education 
  • ​​Open Door Collective ODC Papers
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​Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
  • NYSED WIOA RFP for FY2022 
  • Workforce Development Board Information on WIOA Title II Application Process 2/7/18
  • WIOA Local Plan Complete 1/5/18
  • WIOA RFP 12/29/17
  • NYCCAL Local Plan Response 12/17
  • New York State WIOA Combined Plan Draft
  • NYCCAL Response to NYS WIOA Combined State Plan Draft
  • Literacy Assistance Center Response to NYS Combined State Plan
  • Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy (NCIIP) Response to NYS Combined State Plan
  • New York Immigration Coalition Recommendations
  • National Council of State Director of Adult Education (NCSDAE) WIOA State Plan Directory

NEW Advocacy Toolkit from ProLiteracy
(October, 2020)
ProLiteracy’s Advocacy Toolkit for Adult Education and Literacy: How to Increase Public and Private Support Using PIAAC Data features case studies of successful advocacy campaigns from state associations, regional coalitions, and local programs. 

In this webinar, you hear several people discuss describe their own advocacy campaigns.
  • Rachel Gwaltney of Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education & Roberta Soolman of Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts  https://youtu.be/wR5rbLqlJyQ?t=384 
  • Michael Matos of Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition  youtu.be/wR5rbLqlJyQ?t=1575
  • Ira Yankwitt of Literacy Assistance Center NYC  https://youtu.be/wR5rbLqlJyQ?t=2622

These experienced advocates share how they built their campaigns, how they used imported PIAAC and other data to make persuasive arguments, and which strategies they used to communicate with stakeholders to gain support for adult education and literacy efforts. Participants had the opportunity to ask questions. You can find the resources from the webinar here. 

Reports

Literacy & Justice: A Call for Transformative Action
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​Literacy & Justice: Our Call for Investment (1 pager)

The Impact of COVID-19 on NYC Adult Literacy Programs and Students

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Investing in Quality: A Blueprint for Adult Literacy Programs and Funders

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