Want to start a 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program or
create an early literacy play area in your library? Consider these
mini-grants your fertilizer kit to get your dreams growing!
The Public Library Development Team at the Department of
Public Instruction will award 40 mini-grants in the amount of $250 to Wisconsin
public libraries to support early literacy efforts. This project is part
of the larger Growing Wisconsin Readers early literacy initiative.
Libraries may apply for grants to establish or enhance either an early
literacy activity area or a 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program.
Priority will be given to libraries that serve a total municipal population of
less than 10,000 and who serve children birth through age six with
potentially limited exposure to early literacy experiences. Ideally, the
grants will be awarded to libraries throughout the state’s 17 regional library
systems.
The application process opens on Monday, June 17, 2013 at
9:00 am and closes on Friday, July 12, 2013 at 4:00pm. For more
information about the mini-grants, view http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/files/pld/pdf/2013_GWR_Mini-grant_info.pdf.
The information sheet and other documents related to Growing Wisconsin Readers
are available at http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_ys-sn
under “Initiatives.”
Questions? Contact Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, Youth and
Special Services Consultant at the Department of Public Instruction.
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