UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Vocational and Adult Education

PROGRAM MEMORANDUM 

TO: State Directors of Adult Education

FROM: Brenda Dann-Messier

Assistant Secretary for

 Vocational and Adult Education

RE: Estimated Adult Education State Award Allocations for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2013

Attached are the estimated amounts each State will be awarded for FY 2013 under the Adult Education 

and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Investment Act. These funds will become 

available July 1, 2013.

The second column of the attached table shows the estimated award amounts for the AEFLA State grant 

program. Section 211 (a) of AEFLA requires 1.72 percent of the total FY 2013 appropriation to be 

reserved for incentive grants for qualifying States. Additional funds are reserved by section 211 (e) of 

AEFLA for a competition for Outlying Areas. The remaining funds are distributed to States using the 

formula described in section 211.

The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 20131 provides $483,259,011 for adult 

education formula grants to States. The English Literacy/Civics (EL/Civics) amount, which the 

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013 reserves for integrated English literacy 

and civics education services to immigrants and other limited English proficient populations, is

$70,811,239. As in past years for EL/Civics, the FY 2013 appropriations statute allocates 65 percent of 

EL/Civics funds to States based on a State’s absolute need. This is determined by calculating each State’s 

share of a 10-year average of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants 

admitted for legal permanent residence for the 10 most recent years. The appropriation statute also 

allocates 35 percent to States that experienced growth as measured by the average of the three most recent 

years for which the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services data for immigrants admitted for 

legal permanent residence are available. Every State is allocated a minimum of $60,000 for EL/Civics. 

The most recent year for which legal immigration data are available is 2012.

For State-specific information about the attached estimates, please contact your Area Coordinator in the 

Division of Adult Education and Literacy.

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Adult Education and Family Literacy Act State Grants

Estimated State Award Amounts for FY 2013

STATE

State Grant:

FY 2013 Estimated

Award Amount

EL/Civics:

FY 2013

Estimated 

Award

Amount

Total FY 2013

Estimated

Award Amount

ALABAMA $9,088,850 $247,550 $9,336,400

ALASKA $898,919 $108,253 $1,007,172

ARIZONA $9,980,874 $1,274,870 $11,255,744

ARKANSAS $5,297,517 $184,178 $5,481,695

CALIFORNIA $71,230,654 $14,717,879 $85,948,533

COLORADO $5,739,165 $851,064 $6,590,229

CONNECTICUT $4,439,837 $867,149 $5,306,986

DELAWARE $1,478,724 $149,326 $1,628,050 

FLORIDA $29,670,257 $7,432,428 $37,102,685

GEORGIA $15,982,788 $1,729,364 $17,712,152

HAWAII $1,626,247 $462,362 $2,088,609

IDAHO $2,067,540 $168,509 $2,236,049

ILLINOIS $17,408,635 $2,779,095 $20,187,730

INDIANA $8,982,766 $531,205 $9,513,971 

IOWA $3,226,015 $285,103 $3,511,118

KANSAS $3,274,835 $330,513 $3,605,348

KENTUCKY $8,203,425 $335,050 $8,538,475

LOUISIANA $8,594,550 $264,759 $8,859,309

MAINE $1,603,257 $100,287 $1,703,544

MARYLAND $7,357,666 $1,696,411 $9,054,077

MASSACHUSETTS $7,689,541 $2,097,150 $9,786,691

MICHIGAN $11,935,152 $1,253,164 $13,188,316

MINNESOTA $4,804,353 $913,794 $5,718,147

MISSISSIPPI $5,932,954 $106,278 $6,039,232

MISSOURI $8,266,224 $474,361 $8,740,585

MONTANA $1,162,247 $60,000 $1,222,247

NEBRASKA $2,033,764 $266,771 $2,300,535

NEVADA $4,725,873 $723,943 $5,449,816

NEW HAMPSHIRE $1,445,444 $170,063 $1,615,507

NEW JERSEY $11,212,010 $3,692,762 $14,904,772

NEW MEXICO $3,811,142 $237,856 $4,048,998

NEW YORK $30,968,520 $9,632,498 $40,601,018

NORTH CAROLINA $15,567,536 $1,094,024 $16,661,560

NORTH DAKOTA $914,175 $60,000 $974,175

OHIO $14,429,143 $947,137 $15,376,280
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act State Grants

Estimated State Award Amounts for FY 2013

STATE

State Grant:

FY 2013 Estimated

Award Amount

EL/Civics:

FY 2013

Estimated 

Award

Amount

Total FY 2013

Estimated

Award Amount

OKLAHOMA $5,614,916 $296,576 $5,911,492

OREGON $4,774,550 $554,382 $5,328,932

PENNSYLVANIA $15,900,404 $1,617,285 $17,517,689

RHODE ISLAND $1,936,550 $256,603 $2,193,153

SOUTH CAROLINA $8,032,414 $280,801 $8,313,215

SOUTH DAKOTA $1,110,518 $73,058 $1,183,576

TENNESSEE $10,886,025 $548,026 $11,434,051

TEXAS $47,675,857 $6,032,333 $53,708,190

UTAH $2,703,616 $385,831 $3,089,447

VERMONT $831,224 $60,000 $891,224

VIRGINIA $10,813,789 $1,909,680 $12,723,469

WASHINGTON $7,617,021 $1,561,581 $9,178,602

WEST VIRGINIA $3,557,393 $60,000 $3,617,393

WISCONSIN $6,031,232 $437,104 $6,468,336

WYOMING $719,322 $60,000 $779,322

DISTRICT OF 

COLUMBIA $1,070,355 $187,457 $1,257,812

PUERTO RICO $11,320,719 $245,366 $11,566,085

VIRGIN ISLANDS $500,009 $0 $500,009

AMERICAN SAMOA $241,549 $0 $241,549

GUAM $421,486 $0 $421,486

NORTHERN MARIANAS $349,463 $0 $349,463

PALAU $20,590 $0 $20,590

Subtotal $483,179,601 $70,811,239 $553,990,840

Set-Asides

Outlying Areas 

Competitive Grants 

[Section 211(e)] $79,410 $0 $79,410

Incentive Grants [Section 

211(a)(3)] $9,884,265 $0 $9,884,265

TOTAL $493,143,276 $70,811,239 $563,954,515