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## Division of Adult Education and Literacy

The Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL) is the principal policy and program advisor to the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) on all adult education matters, pursuant to the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), related legislation, and Departmental regulations.  DAEL supports programs and other activities that help adults become literate, obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and self-sufficiency, obtain a secondary school diploma, and transition to postsecondary education and training.  AEFLA also helps individuals who are English language learners improve their English proficiency and assists adults who are parents in obtaining the educational skills necessary to become full partners in the educational development of their children. DAEL has overall responsibility for providing a broad range of services specified in the Act, including providing technical and program improvement assistance to National, State, and local adult education systems, programs, and organizations and carrying out national leadership functions in adult education.

DAEL administers the Adult Education formula grant program to the States and provides States’ assistance to improve program quality and capacity. Critical responsibilities include interpreting national trends in the economy, workforce and education as they pertain to adult literacy and developing strategies for translating research into practice for millions of low-level literacy adults.  DAEL works with states and other constituents to ensure accountability and effective program performance, assists in the identification and analysis of best practices, and develops strategies for leveraging resources at the community level.DAEL is also responsible for administering the National Leadership Activities program and has the primary responsibility for ensuring that the requirements for providing technical assistance to help States and local providers meet the performance accountability requirements of the statute and carrying out research and evaluation of adult education and literacy activities are met.  Division staff, in collaboration with the Policy, Research and Evaluation Staff, provides day-to-day programmatic direction and support to adult education research and evaluation programs.

DAEL maintains on-going communication and strategic collaboration with other Divisions within OCTAE, POCs across the Department, and other Federal Agencies as well as develops reports and recommendations for U.S. participation in adult education and lifelong learning activities.

The Division is divided into the following three components:
                - Accountability Branch
                - Monitoring and Administration Branch
                - Innovation and Improvement Branch

### Accountability Branch (AB)

### Monitoring and Administration Branch (MAB)

### Innovation and Improvement Branch (IIB)

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