Improving Literacy through School Libraries: FY 2011

The summary for the Improving Literacy through School Libraries: FY 2011 Federal Grant is detailed below. It contains information such as the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number, who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, important deadlines, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed in the Grant Announcement Contact section. If these sections are incomplete, please visit the website of the government agency that is offering this grant.


	Federal Grant Title:	Improving Literacy through School Libraries: FY 2011
	CFDA Number:	84.364
	CFDA Description:	Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
	Federal Agency Name:	Department of Education
	Category of Funding Activity:	Education
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	ED-GRANTS-012711-001
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Jan 27, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jan 28, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Mar 28, 2011 Available: January 27, 2011. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 28, 2011.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Mar 28, 2011 Available: January 27, 2011. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 28, 2011.
	Archive Date:	Apr 27, 2011
	Expected Number of Awards:	50
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$600,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$371,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$100,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools and State-administered schools that are considered LEAs under State law, in which at least 20 percent of the students served by the LEA are from families with incomes below the poverty line based on the most recent satisfactory data available from the U.S. Census Bureau at the time this notice is published. These data are Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for school districts for income year 2009. A list of LEAs with their family poverty rates (based on these Census Bureau data) is posted on our Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html.
Grant Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to improve student reading skills and academic achievement by providing students with increased access to up-to-date school library materials; well-equipped, technologically advanced school library media centers; and well-trained, professionally certified school library media specialists.Applications for grants under the Improving Literacy through School Libraries program, CFDA number 84.364A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the Improving Literacy through School Libraries competition at http://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.364, not 84.364A). The telephone number for the e-Applications Helpdesk is 1-888-336-8930.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/fr-2011-01-27/pdf/2011-1672.pdf
Grant Announcement Contact: Joyce Mays Management Analyst Phone 202-245-6122 joyce.mays@ed.gov Program Manager: Peter D. Eldridge, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW. Washington, DC 20202 Telephone: (202)260-2514 or by e-mail: Peter.Eldridge@ed.gov; or David Miller, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E242, Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone: (202) 453-5621 or by
e-mail: Program Manager [e-mail: David.Miller@ed.gov.]
Similar Government Grants: • Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program CFDA 84.364A; • Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Competition Program CFDA 84.364A; • Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program; • Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (L...