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Lifelines
Useful
Links
Supporting Agencies
Key partners in the development
of Madison Heights and Lifelines include the Education Agencies for the States of:
California (www.cde.ca.gov/adulteducation)
Florida (www.firn.edu/doe/workforce/adult_ed.htm)
Illinois (www.isbe.net)
Maryland (www.research.umbc.edu/~ira)
New York (www.emsc.nysed.gov/workforce)
North Carolina (http://www.dpi.state.nc.us)
Ohio (www.ode.state.oh.us/ctae/adult/ABLE)
Pennsylvania (http://www.pdehighered.state.pa.us/higher)
South Carolina (www.myscschools.com/offices/ace)
United States Department of Education
Office of Vocational and Adult Education
(www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/index.html)
A key development partner on all our adult education projects,
the Department's adult education and literacy programs provide
more
than four million adults with the literacy skills they need to
obtain good jobs, to play active roles in the education of their
children,
and to carry out the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
Other Useful Links
National Center for Family Literacy (www.famlit.org)
The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) is a nonprofit
organization supporting family literacy services for families across
the United States through training, programming, research, advocacy
and dissemination.
Head Start (www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb)
Head Start is a child development program that has served low-income
children and their families since 1965. The Head Start Bureau maintains
this web site as an electronic resource for Head Start service providers,
parents, volunteers, community organizations, and others who share
an interest in helping children look forward to a brighter future.
See also:
The National Head Start Association (www.nhsa.org)
The Head Start Family Literacy Project (http://www.famlit.org/ProgramsandInitiatives/headstart/index.cfm)
National Even Start Association (www.evenstart.org/default.htm)
The mission of the National Even Start Association is to provide
a national voice and vision for Even Start Family Literacy programs.
NIFL EFF Special Collection (www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff/eff.html)
The goal of the EFF Special Collection is to bring EFF related
resources and expertise to a single point of access for multiple
users working in adult and family literacy education. The EFF Special
Collection is created, compiled, and updated by staff at the EFF
National Center and the National Institute for Literacy.
LINCS (www.nifl.gov/lincs)
The National Institute for Literacy’s gateway to ABE and
other resources on the Internet.
American Library Association, Office for Literacy and Outreach
Services (www.ala.org/olos)
The Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) serves the
American Library Association by supporting and promoting literacy
and equity of information access initiatives for traditionally underserved
populations. These populations include new and non-readers, people
geographically isolated, people with disabilities, rural and urban
poor people, and people generally discriminated against based on
race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, language and social class.
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