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THE FIRST LADY'S FAMILY LITERACY INITIATIVE FOR TEXAS A PROGRAM OF THE BARBARA BUSH TEXAS FUND for FAMILY LITERACY GRANTS AVAILABLE The 2004 grant application for The First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas, a program of The Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy, will be available Feb. 2, 2004. This statewide initiative is a partnership of The Barbara Bush Texas Fund, the Texas Center for Adult Literacy and Learning at Texas A&M University, and Texas literacy providers. Laura Bush, who founded this Initiative when she was first lady of Texas, is the Honorary Chair. These grants of up to $25,000 each are given to help create a family literacy program, expand existing reading programs that work with only one generation, e.g. children or adults, so that a complete family literacy program can be created. The grant also allows for innovative projects within existing family literacy programs as well as replication of a successful family literacy program with a new population or in a new location. Partnerships with other community groups are encouraged. Successful family literacy programs include 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 plan to measure whether or not those objectives have been achieved. Applications can be downloaded from the Internet at: www-tcall.tamu.edu, or email your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Requests for applications can also be mailed or faxed to: The First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative for Texas Attn: Pat Peebler, Grants Administrator 4400 Post Oak Parkway, Suite 1400 Houston, TX 77027 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAX: 713.336.7709
