Youth arts journalism initiative (YAJI)

Active Project Grant Awarded Last action

Award ID
S215K260150
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$190,000

Award facts

Assistance listing
84.215 Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects
Completion date 10% complete
Funding
  • $135,000.00 Federal
  • $55,000.00 Non-federal
Place of performance
New Haven, CT 06510, USA

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About this award

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Inc. $190,000 in funding for the Youth Arts Journalism Initiative (YAJI) on July 13, 2026. The award is made under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program (CFDA 84.215), which supports high-quality programs designed to develop and improve literacy skills for children and students from birth through 12th grade in high-need communities.

The recipient, a nonprofit organization based in New Haven, Connecticut, will deliver the project through July 13, 2029. The Innovative Approaches to Literacy program supports a range of projects that develop literacy skills of children and adolescents in communities of concentrated poverty, including developing or enhancing school library programs, supporting early literacy services, and distributing books and reading materials to increase students' reading motivation and performance. Awards under this program typically extend up to five years. Continuation awards after the first budget period are made subject to sufficient appropriated funds, substantial progress toward project goals, submission of all required reports, and determination that continuation serves the government's best interest.

Quick answers

Who received award S215K260150?

S215K260150 was awarded to The Arts Council Of Greater New Haven. Inc. by Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (Department of Education) on July 13, 2026.

How much is award S215K260150 worth?

$190,000 has been obligated on S215K260150: $135,000 in federal funding and $55,000 in non-federal funding.

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