Organization’s History
Since 1995, The Austin Academy has been in partnership with the Austin Travis County Work Source Board. We have been a provider of ESL, Adult Literacy, GED, Computer Literacy and Workplace Competency Skills. The Austin Academy has grown from serving 50 clients in our first year to providing service and referrals to more than 850 clients this past year.
The Austin Academy has been fortunate to have been awarded major grants to support our work and has also received funding from the Texas Work Force Commission, the Housing Authority of the City of Austin, the Community Action Network of Austin/Travis County, the Austin Community Foundation, Applied Material, Dell, IBM, and the LCRA.
Since 1995, The Austin Academy has been in partnership with the Austin Travis County Work Source Board. We have been a provider of ESL, Adult Literacy, GED, Computer Literacy and Workplace Competency Skills. The Austin Academy has grown from serving 50 clients in our first year to providing service and referrals to more than 850 clients this past year.
The Austin Academy has been fortunate to have been awarded major grants to support our work and has also received funding from the Texas Work Force Commission, the Housing Authority of the City of Austin, the Community Action Network of Austin/Travis County, the Austin Community Foundation, Applied Material, Dell, IBM, and the LCRA.
On November 21, 2001, the Texas Department of Human Services selected The Austin Academy as one of 14 agencies statewide to receive funding for our ESL, Adult Literacy, and Basic Education program. Recently, we have also received another Victims’ Assistance Grant from the office of the Texas Attorney General in order to provide both direct assistance and appropriate referrals to victims of crime.
In February of 2007, we received our first Adult Basic Education grant for women from the Austin Women’s Foundation. In October of 2007, The Austin Academy received the KDK Harman Foundation GED Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievements in Breaking the Cycle of Poverty through Adult Education.