California Adult Education Program
Fiscal Reporting

Santa Barbara CCD

2022-23 Q3

Submitted by Corlei Prieto
Approved by Corlei Prieto
Object Code Year to Date (YTD) Expenditure YTD Forecast % Expended of YTD Forecast Project Budget % Expended of Project Budget Budget Remaining
1000 - Instructional Salaries

$691,528

$183,750 376.34% $735,000 94.09% $43,472
2000 - Non-Instructional Salaries

$1,696

$53,500 3.17% $214,000 0.79% $212,304
3000 - Employee Benefits

$130,541

$50,500 258.5% $202,000 64.62% $71,459
4000 - Supplies and Materials

$12,609

$27,750 45.44% $111,000 11.36% $98,391
5000 - Other Operating Expenses and Services

$189,830

$107,199 177.08% $428,795 44.27% $238,965
6000 - Capital Outlay

$34,736

$87,500 39.7% $350,000 9.92% $315,264
7000 - Other Outgo

$0

$0 100% $0 100% $0
Indirect Costs

$41,564

$20,000 207.82% $80,000 51.96% $38,436
Totals $1,102,504 $530,199 207.94% $2,120,795 51.99% $1,018,291

Consistent with Q2: 

The Santa Barbara Adult Education continues to successfully expend funding in the following CAEP-supported programs:

  • NC SBCC Adult HS GED Program
  • NC SBCC English as a Second Language
  • Santa Barbara Public Library: COVID-19 Recovery: Hybrid Services Initiative for Adult Education Programs
  • NC SBCC Student Support Services
  • NC SBCC Career Skills Institute (CSI): 
    1) Curriculum Development for Medical Assistant Program and Adults with Disabilities Work Readiness and Career Planning Program
    2) SB County Jail: Transitions Program
    3) Bilingual Computer Skills
    4) Ready. Match. Hire! Program

A few successful outcomes during the previous and current grant years include:

  • Designed and launched in 2019, CAEP SBAEC and the SBCC School of Extended Learning offered the first noncredit Work Readiness and Career Planning Program for Adults with Disabilities. The program consists of two courses, Vocational Exploration and Planning, and Self-Advocacy Skills for Educational and Vocational Settings. Students receive a Skills Competency Award and Career Skills Institute badge. The courses provide the soft skills training necessary to prepare this population to pursue further career technical and/or job placement opportunities with the ultimate goal of helping them achieve competitive integrated employment (CIE). This program is specifically designed to create a systematic transition from the program to the regional workforce through partnerships with community agencies.

  • In 2021, the noncredit Career Skills Institute piloted the first correspondence education for those currently incarcerated in the Santa Barbara County Jail. Innovative programming and delivery made it possible for up to 15% of the participants successfully completing State certificates. Due to the pilot’s success, as of February 2022, this delivery and modality have been officially made a permanent learning option.

  • In 2021, launched the first noncredit Career Skills Institute Employment Center: Ready.Match.Hire! Program that provides job skill training courses with a 1:1 job coach model for job procurement. As of Summer 2021, and in conjunction with the School of Extended Learning Back to Work Program with leveraged CARES ACT support, over 175+ adult learners have participated resulting in over an 80% completion rate. 12% have successfully secured employment.

  • In 2022, awarded up to 1 million towards adult education tuition-free community programs that include English as a Second Language, the Work Readiness and Career Planning program for Adults with Disabilities, Adult High School GED, Career Skills Institute business, design, Allied Health, culinary and technology programs, and the Santa Barbara Public Library: Adult Literacy, Pre-ESL Spanish Literacy, and SBPL Works! workforce readiness program.

  • Successfully became one of the six entities in partnership with the local Workforce Development Board to secure the Department of Labor Pathway Home 2 grant which provides incarcerated individuals with workforce services prior to release and to continue services after release. SBCC Career Skills Institute provides work readiness, occupational training, and career counseling services of up to 100+ South County participants within this program to secure employment.

  • In collaboration with the Santa Barbara Public Library, in Spring 2022, launched the first noncredit programming in Safe Food Preparation and Serving leading to free access to the ServSafe Food Handler® Online Courses and Assessment certification needed for adult learners to participate and excel in the local food industry. Taught in English with an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher to help Spanish speakers in the classroom, this program is designed to be part of the ESL Integrative English Training (IET) initiative to prepare English learners for entry into the workforce.

  • In response to labor market data and the 2019/2021 and 2022/2023 BW Research Inc. SBCC School of Extended Learning Economic and Workforce Gap Analysis for Adult Education Students reports, the Career Skills Institute launched the first noncredit Fundamental Computer Skills (Bilingual) Certificate of Completion. In Fall 2022, 24 students successfully completed and earned this certificate. Designed to provide the basis for entry-level office jobs, college training and career advancement it consists of four required courses: Typing/Keyboarding (Bilingual), Introduction to Computers (Bilingual), Introduction to Windows Operating Systems (Bilingual) and Computer Skills (Bilingual). Upon completion, students will be prepared for more advanced college courses, job advancement, and will transition into the CSI Ready.Match.Hire! student support services program for job procurement.

  • In Fall 2022/Spring 2023, CAEP SBAEC partnered with the newly formed SBCC Basic Needs Center to host services at the adult education SBCC School of Extended Learning (SEL) to further support leveraging funds and program initiatives. The SBCC Basic Needs Center now includes a satellite office at the SBCC SEL Wake Campus Adult School and includes citizenship services.