Funding Opportunities and Past Competitions

Find information on current finding competitions, when future Requests for Applications will be released, and which programs have been awarded funding in recent competitions.

Past Funding Opportunities

2025-2029 AEFLA Request for Applications

NMHED would like to thank everyone who applied for this grant, as well as all those who devoted their time and expertise to the application and review process.

Congratulations to the 2025 AEFLA Awardees:

Albuquerque Adult Learning Center

Catholic Charities Center for Educational Opportunity and Career Pathways

Central New Mexico Community College

Clovis Community College

Diné College 

Doña Ana Community College

Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell

Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso

Gordon Bernell Community School

Luna Community College: College & Career Readiness Institute

Mesalands Community College

New Mexico Corrections Department- Education Bureau

New Mexico Junior College Adult Education

New Mexico State University-Alamogordo PACE Program

New Mexico State University-Grants Adult Education

Northern New Mexico College

The Academic and Career Engagement (ACE) Center at San Juan College

Santa Fe Community College Adult Education

Southeast New Mexico College

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

University of New Mexico-Gallup

University of New Mexico- Los Alamos

University of New Mexico-Taos

University of New Mexico-Valencia

Western New Mexico University Adult Education Services

Youth Development, Inc. (YDI)

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Adult Literacy Program Providers Grants

The New Mexico Higher Education Department (NMHED) distributed up to a total of $708,795 (seven hundred eight thousand, seven hundred ninety-five dollars) in grants under this Request for Applications (RFA) for funding appropriated to NMHED in 2020 by the New Mexico State Legislature for an “adult literacy program.”  

The purpose of this grant application is to support a NMHED adult literacy program that further promotes adult literacy in New Mexico through direct programming and partnerships among literacy programs and adult education programs throughout the state who focus on one-on-one and small group tutoring for low literacy adults. Low literacy adults are those with a reading level at or below grade 6 as measured by a standardized assessment such as TABE or CASAS, or other nationally recognized assessment of adult learning.

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