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FY 2019 NYCCAL Advocacy Materials

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Other Resources

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

• New York State WIOA Combined Plan Draft (12-31-2015)
• NYCCAL Response to NYS WIOA Combined State Plan Draft (02-08-2016)
• 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 (01-29-2016)
• New York Immigration Coalition Recommendations (03-18-2016)​

• NYCCAL FY2019 State Advocacy Agenda
• NYCCAL FY2019 City Advocacy Priorities
  
• Adult Literacy Education Call-In Campaign Sample Script
• Prompts for Students Call-In and Social Media
  
• Investing in Quality: A Blueprint for Adult Literacy Programs and Funders

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Research

• Making Skills Everyone's Business: A Call to Transform Adult Learning in the United States

This brief guide is a preview of a longer report that the Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) published in 2014.

• Career Pathways: One City Working Together

With a gross metropolitan product of almost $1.5 trillion—roughly the size of the second and third largest metropolitan economies in the US combined—the New
York Metropolitan Area is home to one of the most vibrant economies in the world. We know that one of the key factors driving this economic growth is New York
City’s most valuable resource: its human capital.

• Seeking a State Workforce Strategy

The Empire State has added over 500,000 private sector jobs since 2011, reaching record highs for private sector employment, and the state-wide unemployment rate has fallen to 5.9 percent from 8 percent three yearsearlier. Meanwhile, the state has empowered Regional Economic Development Councils and made available hundreds of millions of dollars to help them drive growth, declaring at every turn that New York State is “open for business.” Unfortunately, this commitment to economic growth has not always translated into strong support for workforce development programs that can help ensure that all New Yorkers can share in prosperity. 

•  Programs and Activities Authorized by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act)

The Secretary (of Education) proposes to establish regulations to implement changes to the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) resulting from the enactment of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA or the Act). The proposed regulations clarify new provisions in the law.