Adult Workforce Education and Training Network

Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE)

Ohio's ABLE programs provide instruction in a student-centered environment, beginning with an initial assessment that determines an individual's needs and goals. Services available at the 116 ABLE programs throughout Ohio include instruction in one or more of the following:

Basic math, reading and writing skills
Adult Secondary Education/GED preparation
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)
Transition services – including employment and post-secondary
Life skills, employability skills and computer literacy
Family Literacy – enriching the parental role of adult learners
Workplace Literacy – education services offered in collaboration with business, industry, government and/or labor to increase the productivity of the workforce through improved literacy skills
Corrections Education – a partnership with a jail, detention center, community-based rehabilitation center or other similar institution
Distance Education