In June, the Board approved contracts for 12 adult education providers including one provider new to the consortium and three providers previously funded through subcontracts from one or more organizations in the consortium.  Two organizations – the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans and Community Family Centers – remained as subrecipients to a major provider with this action.  We are now recommending direct contracts for both organizations.

Both Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans and Community Family Centers are long-time providers of adult education and literacy instruction using the funds that the Workforce Board and H-GAC oversee.  Both organizations have good track records of performance in their communities and have contributed significantly to the overall performance of the consortium in the past.

Our deadlines for the June 2018 action by the Board did not leave sufficient time for the boards of either organization to thoughtfully consider our request to include them as direct contract providers, and at the time we made our recommendations, both remained as subrecipients to the Houston Community College system, but at a reduced funding level from prior years. The Workforce Board recommends that the Board authorize direct adult education provider contracts with the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans and the Community Family Centers in the amount of $250,000 each to ensure that we do not reduce adult education and literacy instruction available in the communities these organizations serve.

Texas Workforce Commission

Yes

Request authorization to negotiate adult education contracts through June 30, 2019, with the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans in the amount of $250,000 and Community and Family Centers in the amount of $250,000. (Staff Contact: Mike Temple)