This $1.25 million project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' National Leadership Grants program will fund the San Jose State University Research Foundation's "Reading Nation Waterfall: Increasing Access to Literacy and Libraries for Native American Children and Families" project from September 2022 to March 2025. Working with the National Head Start Association and five Native American tribes, the Foundation will increase access to children's books and library...
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 Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the federal Innovative Approaches to Literacy program (CFDA 84.215) to deliver literacy skills development services for children and students from birth through 12th grade. The one-year award period runs from September 1, 2022 to September 1, 2023 and services will be provided in San Pedro, California. Under the grant, the...
The California Library Association will receive $837,782 under a Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services' Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program to collaborate with the National Summer Learning Association and WebJunction on the Building Equity-Based Summers project. This project will provide training and resources to library staff nationwide to develop equity-focused summer services for youth and families from underserved communities. Key activities include...
The Traverse DES Sioux Library System (TDS) in Mankato, Minnesota will provide e-books for educational and recreational use to readers ages eight and up through a $120,750 project grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants (NLG) program. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, demand for e-books from TDS increased immediately and has remained 125% higher than pre-pandemic levels, a trend expected to continue through pandemic recovery. This funding will...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $5,017,185 Project Grant to the Wilderness Education Project, Corp. 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). This 1-year award will fund the implementation and sustainment of full-service community schools in two rural, low-income...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $523,398 Project Grant to the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, a minority-owned, Hispanic American non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois. The grant, funded through 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), supports the "SOMOS UNO...
This Project Grant award of $250,000.00 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 program (CFDA 84.215) will support the development and implementation of a professional development framework for school administrators and teachers. The framework aims to build...
The Save the Children Federation, Inc. was awarded a $1,236,000 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 programs (CFDA 84.215). The grant will support Save the Children's "Collective Impact - Yakima Valley Early Learning Expansion...
The federal Project Grant award for $250,000.00 was provided by 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 program (CFDA 84.215). The award to the Alaska Library Network, a non-profit organization located in Juneau, Alaska, will be used to improve the delivery of...