Improving Literacy through School Libraries: FY 2011
Agency: Department of Education
Assistance Listings
- 84.364 -- Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
Archived opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026
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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.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants
Miscellaneous
- Other
Additional information
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.
Grantor contact information
Description
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
Documents
| File name | Description | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-1672.pdf | Improving Literacy through School Libraries: FY 2011 | Jan 28, 2011 03:38 PM UTC |
| 2011-1672.pdf | Improving Literacy through School Libraries: FY 2011 | Jan 27, 2011 09:22 PM UTC |
Link to additional information
Archived: April 27, 2011
Award
$600,000
Program Funding
50
Expected awards
$100,000
Award Minimum
$371,000
Award Maximum
Funding opportunity number:
ED-GRANTS-012711-001
Cost sharing or matching requirement:
No
Funding instrument type:
Grant
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
--
Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Category Explanation:
--
History
Version:
2
Posted date:
January 27, 2011
Archive date:
April 27, 2011
