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National Institute For Literacy
Overview Information; Literacy Information and Communication (LINCS) Regional
Resource Centers; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2006. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.257T.
DATES:
Applications Available: August 1, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications:
September 5, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 5, 2006.
Eligible Applicants:
Public and private agencies or institutions, or non-profit organizations,
with knowledge and expertise in adult basic education and adult literacy; or
consortia of such agencies, institutions, or organizations. Additional
information concerning eligibility requirements is in Section III.1. in this
notice.
Estimated
Available Funds: $750,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $175,000-$250,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
Note:
The National Institute for Literacy is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project
Period: Up to 36 months. Each grantee will be required to enter into a
cooperative agreement with the National Institute for Literacy (Institute)
for the duration of the project period.
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The
Grantsmanship Training Program is a comprehensive week-long grantwriting workshop
designed for both novice and experienced grantseekers. This workshop covers
all aspects of searching for grants, writing grant proposals, and negotiating
with funding sources. Participants will leave the workshop with new skills
and the ability to apply those skills to the needs of their own
organizations.
YWCA
Lincoln will be hosting the Grantsmanship Training Program in Lincoln, NE,
August 28-September 1, 2006.
Register online
Municipal Wireless and
Broadband Project
To help link communities to technologies that can potentially transform the
way people live and work, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
partnered with One Economy and Intel Solution Services to host a series of
online webinars (July 2006) on the potential
of municipal wireless initiatives. Municipal wireless is seen as a
way to bring the Internet to large areas of a community, spur economic
development, improve public services, and reach previously underserved
populations.
The Knight Foundation will provide on-demand versions of
each of the webinars after the live event.
The Mary Byron
Foundation created the Celebrating Solutions
Awards to showcase and applaud local innovations that show promise
in breaking the cycle of violence. Four awards of $10,000 are given annually
to programs that demonstrate an innovative approach to confronting the root
causes of domestic violence and developing solutions to break the cycle.
Eligibility criteria:
- Both the nominated program
and the institution must have been operating for a minimum of three
years.
- The program must address the
issue of domestic violence.
- The program must be part of a
non-profit 501(c) (3) or government agency.
- The program should be
replicable, or if it is national in scope, the program should have
applications for individual communities, regardless of their size or
ethnic population.
The nomination deadline is September 16, 2006.
The
U.S. Bancorp Foundation seeks to build strong partnerships and lasting
value in communities with a U.S. Bank office by providing support to local
nonprofit organizations. Grants are given to organizations that improve the
educational and economic opportunities of low- and moderate-income
individuals and families and enhance the cultural and artistic life of
communities.
Specific
areas of interest include:
- affordable housing,
- economic development,
- arts and culture,
- education, and
- human services.
A
list of eligible communities
The application deadlines vary by location.
The Ethel Louise Armstrong
(ELA) Foundation promotes inclusion of people with disabilities in
the areas of arts, advocacy, and education. Deadlines vary, check the ELA's Grants page for details.
National Endowment for the Arts: Access to
Artistic Excellence
This program supports performing arts events, readings, screenings,
broadcasts, and visual arts exhibitions; artist residencies and artist
commissions; documentation and conservation of public and monumental art; and
subgranting for programming activities on behalf of a local arts agency's
constituents.
Support
is available to organizations for projects that do one or more of the
following:
- Provide opportunities for
artists to create, refine, perform, and exhibit their work.
- Present artistic works of all
cultures and periods.
- Preserve significant works of
art and cultural traditions.
- Enable arts organizations and
artists to expand and diversify their audiences.
- Provide opportunities for
individuals to experience and participate in a wide range of art forms
and activities.
- Enhance the effectiveness of
arts organizations and artists.
- Employ the arts in
strengthening communities.
Application
and instructions are on the Web site, and differ for discipline and category.
For more information please visit the ALA's Washington Office's Grants
page.
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