The Advancing Innovation in Adult Education Project will feature five innovative practices in adult education during a Career and Technical Education Month showcase webinar.

MSG has been awarded the Department of Education’s “Supporting Excellence in Adult Education” (SEAE) contract. This opportunity will enable OCTAE to recognize and disseminate effective practices in adult education that reflect statutory requirements, administration priorities, and result in meaningful outcomes for participants.

MSG has been awarded a 5-year technical assistance (TA) contract with the U.S. Department of Education through the EDTASS contract vehicle to support the Statewide Family Engagement Center (SFEC) project.

MSG has been awarded the Department of Health and Human Services’ “Peer-Based Training and Technical Assistance” contract. This opportunity seeks to sustain and broaden a peer-based network that builds upon the promising employment, economic security, and family well-being strategies administered by TANF programs and partners. The “PeerTA” contract will support state, tribal, and local TANF programs in adopting innovative and comprehensive approaches to work preparation for TANF participants.

MSG has been awarded the U.S. Department of Labor’s “National Veterans Technical Assistance Center” (NVTAC) contract. The Center provides technical assistance, support, and training to Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP) grantee staff and provides Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS) staff with subject matter expertise and technical assistance in developing effective approaches to serving homeless veterans; establishing linkages with other entities with similar interests and concerns; and identifying underserved areas and subpopulations of homeless veterans.

MSG has been awarded the Department of Education’s “National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs” (NCELA) contract. NCELA is the premier dissemination vehicle within the Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA). Its purpose is to support State and local implementation of Title III by serving as a centralized source of information on the education of children identified as English learners.

MSG has been awarded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Extent of Trafficking in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: 2015-2017”. Although SNAP retailer trafficking does not increase costs to the Federal Government, it is a diversion of program benefits from their intended purpose of helping low-income families purchase nutritious food. This study will update the series by calculating the retailer trafficking estimates for the period spanning 2015-2017.