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						  $1.8M grant to fund adult education services The Illinois Community College Board has awarded COD a $1,821,534 grant to fund adult education and family literacy programming in fiscal 2012. The Adult Education/ESL program at COD is the largest literacy provider in Community College District 502 and is the largest provider outside of the collective City Colleges of Chicago. &ldquo;The index of need for literacy services in District 502 is among the highest in Illinois,&rdquo; said Joe Cassidy, COD dean for continuing education and extended learning, in a press release. &ldquo;A full 20 percent of District 502 residents currently reside in  &amp;hellip;
					  
				 
	  				  
   