[YEP-DC] 2013 First Book grants applications are AVAILABLE!!!

The First Book DC Advisory Board is currently accepting applications, and invite teachers, organizations, and schools to apply for a book grant. Previous grantees used their book grants for novel study, shared reading and guided reading groups, among other literacy components.  To qualify for a book grant, applicants must be a tutoring, mentoring, family literacy program, or classroom that works with children from low-income families.

 

First Book works to address- one of the most important factors affecting literacy – access to books. Since 1992, First Book has provided more than 80 million new books to disadvantaged children in thousands of communities nationwide. The First Book DC Advisory Board is part of the First Book national network of community volunteers who supportFirst Book’s mission. Comprised of volunteers from all sectors of thecommunity, the DC Advisory Board works to promote and facilitate thedistribution of new books to literacy programs in - Washington DC.

The First Book DC Advisory Board works to compliment existing work of community-based educational programs by offering new books and educational materials at no cost to the child or program. After receiving the grant, program administrators and teachers select books and create lesson plans and programming.  These books are then given to the children to take home and keep.

 

Prior to completing an application, applicants must first register to be a First Book recipient group.  Click here to become a registered group.  Your personal ID number from this registration process is a requiredpart of your application. 

We welcome the opportunity to consider your program for a book grant from First Book-DC. To apply, please review the book grant application guidelines, register to become a recipient group, and complete the enclosed application. Return via email at applications.firstbookdc@gmail.com by Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 11:59 pm ET.  Please note that individual teachers or classrooms must apply.  Applications for schools as a whole orteachers who copy and paste the same application will not be accepted.  

Good luck!