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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)
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.