The announcement below only applies to Texas programs, but is a
substantial funding opportunity for family literacy in our state.

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Harriet Vardiman Smith 
Clearinghouse Project Director 
Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning 
<http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/> Texas A&M University 




GRANTS AVAILABLE


 

The First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas, a program of The
Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy, announces the 2008 grant
competition.  Laura Bush, who founded this Initiative when she was first
lady of Texas, continues to serve as Honorary Chair. The Texas Center
for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning at Texas A&M University
provides technical assistance to the family literacy programs funded
each year. As of July, 2007, the Initiative had awarded over $3 million
to 118 programs in 65 cities across the state. This year will mark the
12th annual competition.

 

The grants of up to $50,000 each are given to help create family
literacy programs by building on existing literacy programs that work
with only one generation, i.e. children or adults, so that complete
family literacy programs can be created.  The grant program also funds
innovative projects within existing family literacy programs, as well as
replication of successful family literacy programs with new populations
or in new locations.  Partnerships with other community groups are
strongly encouraged. 

 

Past grantees include community-based organizations, libraries, school
districts, community colleges, universities, charter schools, pediatric
medical clinics, prison programs, Head Start and Even Start programs, as
well as other organizations.

 

Successful family literacy programs must provide reading instruction for
parents or primary caregivers, reading or pre-reading activities for
their children, and parent/child reading time and interactions. A
successful grant application includes clearly stated objectives, along
with a solid assessment plan to measure whether or not those objectives
have been achieved.

 

The 2008 application and guidelines will be available January 7, at
which time they can be downloaded from TCALL's website at
www-tcall.tamu.edu (note the hyphen after www instead of a period), or
email your request to ppeebler at mcnairgrp.com.

 

The deadline for submitting applications will be Friday, March 14, 2008.

 

For more information about these grants please contact Pat Peebler at
ppeebler at mcnairgrp.com or phone 713.336.7889.  For more information
about the work of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and
the Barbara Bush Texas Fund, go to the Foundation's website at
http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com
<http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/> .

 

Please feel free to share this information with other organizations that
might be interested in the grant.

 

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From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Paul Rogers
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 2:29 PM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: [FamilyLiteracy 857] funding sources for family literacy
programs

 

I am doing research on grants for community based literacy programs,
including computer/web based classes.

The focus is on Citizenship, ESOL, Spanish literacy, health education,
and computer skills.

So, I am accumulating information on foundations that provide grants for
the above and also course programs that might be worth adding to my
list.

I would be very interested in communicating with anyone, especially
those working in social service NGOs or churches.

Paul Rogers

  

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