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- Indy Reads adjusts to life without library's help. // Indianapolis Business Journal;5/7/2007, Vol. 28 Issue 9, p15
The article reports that Indy Reads, a nonprofit group affiliated with the Marion County Public Library in Indianapolis, Indiana, has received a grant from the Indianapolis Foundation for its program of providing free basic literacy tutoring for illiterate adults. The group serves adults who...
- Reading First Grants Available. // ASHA Leader;4/30/2002, Vol. 7 Issue 8, p12
Provides information on Reading First, a grant program that provides assistance to state and local educational agencies to establish reading programs in kindergarten through third grade classrooms.
- Around the States . . . // Educational Marketer;8/9/2004, Vol. 35 Issue 23, p7
Reports on developments related to publishers of educational books in the United States as of August 9, 2004. Approval of a grant for the University of Iowa to research the effectiveness of the early reading program; Requirement of voter approval for the proposed increase in the budget of Nevada...
- Nigerian literacy project thrives with IRA support. // Reading Today;Aug/Sep2006, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p8
The article provides information on the Content Area Literacy project of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria. The project is a recipient of a 2005 grant from the International Reading Association's Developing Country Literacy Project Support Fund. The project focuses specifically on the...
- 3 CUs Awarded CDFI Grants. // Credit Union Journal;8/2/2004, Vol. 8 Issue 31, p3
Reports on the receipt of technical assistance grants by three credit unions from the U.S. Treasury's community development financial institutions program. Decision of Brookland Federal Credit Union (FCU) and the Stevenson FCU to upgrade computers systems, Plan of NEWRIZONS FCU to develop...
- Grant Funding Used To Add 4,000 Members. // Credit Union Journal;8/2/2004, Vol. 8 Issue 31, p5
Cites the role of the National Credit Union Foundation in administering the grants of the U.S. Treasury Department reserved for funding projects that provide access to financial services for low-income, ethnic or any under-serviced groups. Aim of the foundation to improve their financial...
- Grants To Fight Illiteracy Set. R. R. // Education Week;2/25/1987, Vol. 6 Issue 22, p4
The article reports the awarding of grant amounting to 3.8 million dollars by the John D and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to various organizations involve in education, research, literacy, and community outreach services in the U.S. The award was given by the foundation's president John E....
- GRANTS. // Education Week;2/25/1987, Vol. 6 Issue 22, p23
The article presents a list of grants given by several public and private organizations in the U.S. that pertain to elementary and secondary education and certain associated fields of study. Some of the associations sponsoring a literacy program include the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Battle...
- Deloitte Foundation Awards Doctoral Grants. // Public Accounting Report;2/15/2009, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p2
The article reports on the $250,000 in grants awarded to the Deloitte Foundation for 10 doctoral students through its Doctoral Fellowship Program in the U.S. It states that the fund will be allocated to each of the doctoral students as 2009 Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellows during his or her...
