AEFL Week 2026
Resource Center
Review our collection of adult education and workforce development resources developed for dissemination during AEFL Week—including blog posts, press releases, podcasts, national data sheets, and partner content covering relevant topics like Career Technical Education, Pell funding, ROI of adult education, and job-readiness initiatives.
What if one investment could strengthen the local workforce, help families move out of poverty, break intergenerational cycles, and reduce recidivism? Adult education is doing all of this in communities across America. In recognition of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, September 14–18, COABE invites county leaders to discover how their local adult education programs are building talent pipelines, strengthening families, and fueling local economies—and how they can join the national celebration.
As AI accelerates changes across the economy, it’s forecast that millions of Americans are going to need new skills to navigate this workforce shock. That has workers asking: where do I fit in?
As employers, educators, and workforce leaders prepare for a rapidly changing economy, conversations increasingly center on artificial intelligence, skills-based hiring, talent development, and economic mobility. Yet underneath each of these priorities lies something even more fundamental: people need the foundational skills that allow them to participate, adapt, and advance.
