Project Grant S364A040564

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...

This $1,027,875 federal Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the National Leadership Grants for Libraries program is supporting the following key activities: Developing information literacy education standards and curriculum for K-12 grade bands in partnership with the New Jersey Association of School Librarians, LibraryLinkNJ, and the New Jersey Department of Education. Providing professional development training for library media specialists,...

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 Project Grant award of $369,400 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program (CFDA 45.313) will support Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODURF) and Texas Woman's University in developing a model of information literacy (IL) instruction. The project will investigate how library and information science (LIS) faculty and secondary school library practitioners currently address psychosocial, emotional, and cultural...

The Delaware Department of State Division of Libraries was awarded 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. This federal grant, with a project period from September 2, 2024 to September 1, 2026, will enable the...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded Wisconsin Literacy Inc. $399,978 on September 1, 2026, under the National Leadership Grants program (CFDA 45.312) to research, develop, pilot, and evaluate a navigation toolkit supported by a digital workflow interface that helps library staff conduct brief learner interviews, administer skills screeners, interpret results, and provide warm referrals to education providers. Performance runs through August 31, 2028, with work based in...

The Reading Is Fundamental's Children's Literacy Initiative in Mississippi will provide $384,164 in literacy programs and services through a Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant funding is provided through 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). As the awardee, Reading Is Fundamental Inc. will...

The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded $2.47 million to Smart Reading under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy federal grant program (CFDA 84.215) to support the SMART READING statewide program. The program will utilize trained volunteers to provide weekly reading sessions to pre-K through 3rd grade students through August 2023. The funding will support adult mentors supporting early literacy by developing and improving literacy skills for young...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded $6.869 million to Literacy Design Collaborative, Inc. on August 1, 2026, under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) to deliver instructional leadership teams training and whole-school literacy improvement systems designed to increase student literacy outcomes. The project, titled "Instructional Leadership Teams Transform Whole Schools: A Scalable, System-Wide Improvement to Increase...

The Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program $937,508 on June 1, 2026, under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program (CFDA 84.215) to build home libraries for summer reading among kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students in order to reduce summer reading skill loss. Page Ahead will distribute books and reading materials to children to increase reading motivation, performance, and frequency. The program...