BOCES receives a four year $1.2M grant for adult learning program
NORWICH – The forecast for adult learners in Chenango County includes an extra heavy dose of education, increasing their job qualifications, as well as exacting irreversible and positive changes in their lives, thanks to a $1,200,000 grant received by the Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego Board of Cooperative Educational Services Adult and Continuing Education Department.
The grant comes from the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance and will reimburse DCMO BOCES over a four-year period based on the successes of the program’s adult learners.
“I’ve been writing grants for 16 years here and this is by far the largest one we have received,” said Linda Thomas, DCMO BOCES employment and training programs coordinator, financial aid advisor, and grant writer. “It’s going to be just great for residents in the area.”
BOCES’ Leading Education for Gainful Employment program will benefit greatly from the grant. The Leading EDGE program is specifically geared to help students with job preparedness and to gain employment.
“We have had students who range in age from 17 to 80 and we take everybody,” said Thomas.
Participants in the Leading EDGE program can earn a number of credentials to add to their resumes, such as certifications in CPR, automated external defibrillators, and even food preparation.
“A lot of the time these certifications have meant the difference between being hired and being jobless,” said Thomas.
Another beneficiary of the new grant will be BOCES students taking part in the Eat Smart New York program, run by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County. Participants in the program learn about healthy eating, food safety, and cost effective grocery shopping as well as gaining hands on experience cooking.
“I just love that program,” Thompson said, her enthusiasm tangible.
The DCMO BOCES does not arbitrarily receive grant monies. Instead, funding is earned through the hard work and protracted successes of participants. Because the grant functions as a reimbursement, reports and evidence of students’ success is submitted in order to receive the grant funding. If a student receives a GED, a certification, or if a graduate is hired and retains employment, then the adult learning program receives more funding. The incentives are high for DCMO BOCES educators to propagate success among their students and the reception of such a high grant reflects the adult learning program’s recent history of success.
“A lot of the people who this grant will help are working poor people who don’t know they are eligible for food stamps and we help them find out if they are,” said Thomas.
The grant comes from the NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance and will reimburse DCMO BOCES over a four-year period based on the successes of the program’s adult learners.
“I’ve been writing grants for 16 years here and this is by far the largest one we have received,” said Linda Thomas, DCMO BOCES employment and training programs coordinator, financial aid advisor, and grant writer. “It’s going to be just great for residents in the area.”
BOCES’ Leading Education for Gainful Employment program will benefit greatly from the grant. The Leading EDGE program is specifically geared to help students with job preparedness and to gain employment.
“We have had students who range in age from 17 to 80 and we take everybody,” said Thomas.
Participants in the Leading EDGE program can earn a number of credentials to add to their resumes, such as certifications in CPR, automated external defibrillators, and even food preparation.
“A lot of the time these certifications have meant the difference between being hired and being jobless,” said Thomas.
Another beneficiary of the new grant will be BOCES students taking part in the Eat Smart New York program, run by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Chenango County. Participants in the program learn about healthy eating, food safety, and cost effective grocery shopping as well as gaining hands on experience cooking.
“I just love that program,” Thompson said, her enthusiasm tangible.
The DCMO BOCES does not arbitrarily receive grant monies. Instead, funding is earned through the hard work and protracted successes of participants. Because the grant functions as a reimbursement, reports and evidence of students’ success is submitted in order to receive the grant funding. If a student receives a GED, a certification, or if a graduate is hired and retains employment, then the adult learning program receives more funding. The incentives are high for DCMO BOCES educators to propagate success among their students and the reception of such a high grant reflects the adult learning program’s recent history of success.
“A lot of the people who this grant will help are working poor people who don’t know they are eligible for food stamps and we help them find out if they are,” said Thomas.
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