[NIFL-FAMILY:1391] RE: Illinois Secretary of State Family Literac

From: CULBERTSON JANET (JCULBERT@isbe.net)
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Jenna, you might try contacting the Illinois Even Start/Family Literacy
Center, associated with Illinois State University in Bloomington.  Their
phone number is 309 664-5498.(Ask for Linda or Sara). They would be able to
help you with the "developing partnerships", integration of components,
community needs assessments, marketing, and grant writing,as well as family
literacy specific staff development. They also might "hook you up" with
current Even Start/Family Literacy projects.  Even Start is a family
literacy funding stream whose Request for Proposals is coming out this
month. If you have any other questions, please call me at the Illinois State
Board of Education... JB Culbertson, Even Start Principal Consultant (217
524-4835)

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From: Jenna Nemec [mailto:jnemec@stnorbertschool.org] 
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 10:00 PM
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Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1386] Illinois Secretary of State Family Literacy
Grant


As an M.L.I.S. candidate at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois,
I am currently enrolled in a challenging course called "Literacy and Library
Involvement."  Part of the course requires that I work with a student team
to develop a family literacy grant proposal suitable for submission to the
Illinois Secretary of State Literacy Office.

Our student team is charged with developing partnerships between a public
library, an adult education provider, and a child-at-risk agency as well as
designing a family literacy program tailored to a community that
demonstrates the need for such a program.  As we prepare the grant proposal,
we are responsible for coordinating all aspects of program planning and
design.

As someone new to grant writing, what general suggestions might any of you
have for me as I become involved with this process?  I am particularly
interested in the preparatory phase: tips/guidelines for establishing
effective partnerships, tailoring a program to meet the needs of a
community, and marketing a program.

I would certainly appreciate any advice or wisdom that you're willing to
offer!

Cheers!

Jenna Nemec
M.L.I.S. Candidate
Dominican University



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