Project Grant 90XP0480

The City of Milwaukee has been awarded a $241,250 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects (CFDA 84.215) program. The award, titled "MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY: READY TO READ", will support the development and improvement of literacy...

The U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to The New Haven Reads Community Book Bank, Inc., a non-profit organization, under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The grant, which runs from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024, aims to build structured...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $1,852,851 Project Grant to Reading IS Fundamental Inc. (RIF) under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program (CFDA #84.215) to support the organization's Children's Literacy Initiative in Mississippi. The grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025, will enable RIF to provide comprehensive literacy services, free books, and educational resources to children in...

The Forsyth County Board of Education received a $700,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on September 22, 2022 to support early childhood literacy programs through August 1, 2025. The grant funding will support the "SPARK! IGNITING LEARNING, BIRTH AND BEYOND" initiative which aims to develop and improve literacy skills for children from birth through 12th grade. Specifically, the funds will be used to implement...

The Lowry Park Zoological Society of Tampa, Inc. will deliver the "Wild Where We Live: Online and Experiential Enrichment for Early Learning Support" program through a $122,212 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The program builds on a previous "Champions for Children" pilot to provide virtual and in-person early learning support services to families recovering from pandemic-related challenges. Activities include weekly virtual story times by the...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the City of Houston's Houston Public Library (HPL) a $2,000,347 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program (CFDA 84.215). The grant, titled "HPL's Youth Digi-Lit Project," will be used to deliver a range of digital literacy services and programming for youth in the Houston area from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024. As part of this grant, HPL will leverage its existing...

The Delaware Department of State Division of Libraries received a $1,937,796 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) to boost school library collections across the state. The project aims to enhance literacy skills and educational opportunities for children and students from...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to Reading IS Fundamental Inc., a nonprofit organization focused on children's literacy. The grant funding will support Reading IS Fundamental's Children's Literacy Initiative in Mississippi over a one-year period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024. The grant is provided under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy federal grant program (CFDA #84.215), which supports high-quality...

The Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) received a $149,893 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Museums (CFDA 45.312) program. This 2-year grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, will support the development of a prototype open-source reading list system called PEARL. The project aims to create a tool that can connect to various library catalogs or discovery systems and be integrated into learning...

This $768,000 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will support the Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education (IGNITE) program operated by the Genesee County Sheriff's Office in Flint, Michigan. IGNITE provides educational programming and wraparound services to incarcerated individuals at the Genesee County Jail from October 2022 through December 2023. Under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program, IGNITE...