Grant for Public Libraries Due November 15

Grant applications for round five of American Dream @ Your Library are due November 15, 2016. The $5,000 to $10,000 grants are for public libraries for adult English Language Learner services.

 http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/10/american-dream-round-five-application-launches

Apply by Nov 4--first draft for application for grant for Adult Volunteer Literacy Programs

Reminder: Send in a draft application by November 4--Final application is due January 31.

If you apply by Friday, November 4, you get 20 extra points and grant writing advice to improve your draft before the January 31 deadline

 

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Announcement 

I am pleased to announce that for another year, Volunteers for Adult Literacy in Florida, (VALF) will be awarding one or more grants for up to $500 to one of our members. Go here to get the application. The VALF membership application is at the end of the application.

VALF  uses a two-step process for taking applications.  A draft application is due November 4. The VALF board will review the draft and provide the applicant feedback on how to improve the application. Applicants have the chance to rewrite  the application with the final application due January 31. This two-step process allows VALF to provide the value added service of giving  technical assistance to our members on how to improve the grant. This helps our members improve their grant writing skills.

The winner of the grant is announced at the VALF Annual meeting held during the Florida Literacy Coalition (FLC) Conference in spring 2017.

VALF is an all-volunteer organization. Grants are funded by donations from board members and others.

For more information, email or call Sandy Newell sandy.newell@dos.myflorida.com or 850.245.6624.

 

VALF Grant Opportunity

Hello,

I am pleased to announce that for another year, Volunteers for Adult Literacy in Florida, (VALF) will be awarding one or more grants for up to $500 to one of our members. Go here to get the application. The VALF membership application is at the end of the application.

 

VALF  uses a two-step process for taking applications.  A draft application is due November 4. The VALF board will review the draft and provide the applicant feedback on how to improve the application. Applicants have the chance to rewrite  the application with the final application due January 31. This two-step process allows VALF to provide the value added service of giving  technical assistance to our members on how to improve the grant. This helps our members improve their grant writing skills.

The winner of the grant is announced at the VALF Annual meeting held during the Florida Literacy Coalition (FLC) Conference in spring 2017.

VALF is an all-volunteer organization. Grants are funded by donations from board members and others.

For more information, email or call Sandy Newell sandy.newell@dos.myflorida.com or 850.245.6624.

 

Thanks,

VALF Board

Grant Opportunity - Due March 7

Health Literacy Grant Applications are due March 7

http://www.floridaliteracy.org/health_literacy_applications.html

For more information about adult literacy public library programs and services, contact Sandy Newell, sandy.newell@dos.myflorida.com

First Draft of Grant Application Due Friday

For another year, VALF is awarding one or more grants to volunteer literacy programs in Florida. The application is a two-step process. A draft is due this Friday, January 15. VALF will review the draft and give applicants feedback on how to improve your proposal. The final application is due March 18.

Your organization needs to be a VALF member before March 18 to be considered. It only costs $25 to join.

VALF Volunteer Literacy Grant Opportunity

Apply for up to a $500 grant to be awarded by Volunteers for Adult Literacy in Florida. Draft application is due January 16, 2016. The final application is due March 18, 2016.

Literacy Grants

It is not too early to start planning for applying for grants this coming year. VALF will be advertising another grant round, and  the next cycle for Dollar General Grants for adult literacy will have applications available January 2016

If you want help in applying for a grant, contact valflorida@hotmail.com.

We will help you develop ideas and read drafts and advise you on how to make them more competitive.

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VALF Grant Opportunity --due December 1 --DEADLINE EXTENDED TO DEC 15

VALF will be awarding another round of grants in 2015 to Florida's volunteer literacy programs. Go to the application to learn more.

This year we are providing our members a two-step process. A draft application is due on December 1 with a final application due in March. You must turn in the draft and a revised application in March to be considered.

In between, Jim Wilder, a VALF board member will provide technical assistance to help you prepare a more competitive grant.  This special opportunity is to help you gain grant writing skills.

Grant Opportunity for Libraries - due October 13

Deadline extended to Oct. 13 to apply for The American Dream Starts @ your library grant funding

Grants available to libraries to fund programs and resources for adult English language learners in Dollar General communities

CHICAGO – Monday, October 13 is the new deadline for libraries to apply for grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 to support programs aimed at enhancing adult literacy through The American Dream Starts @ your library® initiative. 

The American Dream Starts @ your library® is administered through the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Literacy and Outreach Services and has provided funding to over 100 libraries across the United States since 2008. Public libraries interested in improving services to English language learners through holding classes, tutor training, expanding collections, purchasing technology or improving public awareness are invited to apply. These grants mark the fourth round of grants made possible through funding from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, which has renewed its commitment to the initiative through a $327,512 grant to ALA.

To be eligible for funding, the applicant institution must be a public library, or a public library with a bookmobile providing literacy services for adult English language learners, and must be within 20 miles of a Dollar General store, distribution center or corporate office.

Info on a Library Grant for Books--due March 15

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature is pleased to announce grants for your library's 2014 Día program, El Día de Los Niños/El Día de Los Libros (Children's Day/Book Day), with an African American Focus.

If interested, please download the attached application and apply. The grant award amount is $500 in selected multicultural children's books for your library. The application deadline is March 15, 2014. The winning recipient or recipients will be notified on or about March 22, 2014.

Past Grant Winners:

2013

Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, Queens Library System, Corona, NY

Ocean County Library, Lakewood Branch, Lakewood, NJ

Inglewood Public Library, Main Branch, Inglewood, CA

2012

Rudisill Regional Library, Tulsa, OK.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Dr. Claudette S. McLinn, Executive Director

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature

8461 S. Van Ness Ave., Suite 101

Inglewood, CA 90305

Email: Center4MulticulturalChildrensLit@aol.com

El Día de Los Niños/El Día de los Libros "Many Children, Many Cultures, Many Books"