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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="3">Here is an excellent grants opportunity through the U.S. Department of Education.</font><font face="Verdana"><font face="arial"></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Sincerely,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Rayburne</font> J. Turner</font></div>
<div><font face="arial"><font face="arial">SCLA</font> President</font></div>
<div><font face="arial"><font face="arial"><a href="http://www.scla.org/">www.scla.org</a></font>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Emily Sheketoff [esheketoff@alawash.org]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> alacro-l@ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alacro-l] Library Opportunity<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">The Department of Education has $10 million for planning grants for the Promise Neighborhoods program as part of the Fund for the Improvement
of Education. These planning grants for $400,000 to $500,000 each are for the planning purpose of what will be a program to improve significantly the education and development outcomes of children in distressed communities.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">This is a heads up for school, community college and public librarians to REACH OUT NOW to eligible entities which could be non-profit organizations
or institutions of higher learning who might be applying because they operate a school; partner with a school or Local Education Agency; currently provide a solution to cradle-through-college-to-career in a distressed neighborhood or represent a neighborhood
being proposed for service.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Best is being part of a group’s application from the planning stage, but GET INTO THE GROUP AND PARTICIPATE IN THEIR PLANNING.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">U.S. Department of Education:</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Promise Neighborhoods application:</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">http://www2.ed.gov/programs/promiseneighborhoods/index.html</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: May 21, 2010</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 25, 2010</span></p>
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