The First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas
The First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas, a program of the Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy, is inviting applications for Implementation Grants and, new this year, Planning Grants.
Implementation Grants of up to $50,000 are given to organizations in Texas to help create a family literacy program (i.e., one that offers adult literacy education for parents or primary caregivers, pre-literacy or literacy instruction for young children, and interactive literacy activities for the young children together with their parents or primary caregivers); expand an existing reading program that works with only one generation so that a complete family literacy program (including the required components named above) can be created; allow for an innovative project within an existing family literacy program; or replicate a successful family literacy program with a new population or in a new location. Applicants for Implementation Grants must be a local educational agency, correctional agency, community-based organization, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, public institution, or a consortium of these agencies; be based with an established organization that has maintained current nonprofit or public status for at least two years; already provide adult literacy, early childhood, or interactive intergenerational literacy as part of their organizational mission; and have demonstrated fiscal accountability.
The new Planning Grant program is intended to support a nine-month planning and development process (from June 2011 through February 2012) that will enable an organization to more effectively compete in 2012 for a First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas program Implementation Grant. Planning Grants of up to $5,000 each will be given to organizations in Texas to plan for creation of a family literacy program. Eligible applicants for these grants must be a local educational agency, correctional agency, community-based organization with Nonprofit Organization (NPO) or 501(c)(3) status, or a public institution; be based with an established organization that has maintained current nonprofit or public status for at least two years; and have demonstrated fiscal accountability.
Please note: An organization may not apply for both a Planning Grant and an Implementation Grant. In addition, receipt of a Planning Grant does not guarantee subsequent receipt of an Implementation Grant.
For complete grant guidelines and further information on the Barbara Bush Texas Fund, visit the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Web site.
