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Subject: Early Reading First Grants
Source: Barb Gilpin, Interim Assistant Director, Effective Practices
Intended Audience: Local Educational Agencies, Head Start, Even Start,
private or public organizations serving preschool aged children
Date: February 14, 2007
An announcement calling for pre-application proposals for the Early Reading
First Grants was published in the January 2007 Federal Register.
Pre-application proposals are due February 21 and complete applications are
due May 29 for those applicants invited to submit a full application.
Eligible applicants include: (a) one or more local educational agencies
(LEAs) that are eligible to receive a subgrant under the Reading First
program (Title I, Part B, Subpart 1 of the ESEA); (b) one or more public or
private organizations or agencies (including faith-based
organizations) located in a community served by an eligible LEA; or, (c) one
or more eligible LEAs, applying in collaboration with one or more eligible
organizations or agencies. To qualify under paragraph (b) of this
definition, the organization's or agency's application must be on behalf of
one or more programs that serve preschool age children (such as a Head Start
program, a child care program, or a family literacy program such as Even
Start, or a lab school at a university), unless the organization or agency
itself operates a preschool program. A list of eligible LEAs that qualify
under paragraph (a) of this definition for this FY 2007 competition will be
posted on the Early Reading First website at
http://www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/index.html.
Estimated Range of Awards: $1,500,000-$4,500,000. Estimated Average Size of
Awards: $3,000,000. Estimated Number of Awards: 23-68.
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