Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA23642; Thu, 30 Oct 1997 17:18:52 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 17:18:52 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <971030171704_-358928533@emout09.mail.aol.com> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: SEPerkins@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1245] Re: Building Even Start Self-Sufficiency X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Status: RO We want to let people know that our renewal application for a second four years was based on building the community supports for sustaining Even Start into the 21st century. An assets based approach (ie "building on the strengths of the community" by identifying the capacities of the individuals, local associations, businesses, institutions and external resources) to community development was proposed, recognizing that these are, by virtue of their Title 1 status, poor districts with little discretionary money to add complex programs like Even Start. After two months we are still charting the course for the next three and a half years, but expect to broaden the base of community collaborators, to develop a vision for the future, leverage local and external resources to support this vision. The partnership combines the expertise of four rural schools, and three Cooperative Extension offices assisted by numerous institutions and agencies to provide family literacy services to "low income, low literacy audiences." There is also some faint hope that soon the "powers that be" at the state level will find dollars to continue our 7th and 8th year programs. Are other states considering initiatives in their legislature? Has anyone had any success in funding beyond the 8th year? What about defining one's self as a new applicant? Susan Perkins Tompkins Seneca Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) and Cornell Cooperative Extension Even Start 301 S Geneva Street, Suite G-10 Ithaca, NY 14850 607 277 8602 FAX 273 0840 seperkins @ aol.com
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