| Purpose: | The purpose of this federal grant program is to help families overcome intergenerational cycles of illiteracy and poverty by providing integrated early childhood education, adult literacy, and parenting education in a unified family literacy program. |
| Priorities: | Priorities are to:
serve families most in need with high quality instructional programs that enable parents and children to develop a strong educational foundation to reach their full personal, social, and economic potential;
implement a research-based model that will demonstrate the effectiveness of integrated services for families that will yield the strongest outcomes to support parents and their children in achieving learning and performance standards;
demonstrate cooperation, coordination, and collaboration among a variety of relevant service providers;
build capacity within communities to incorporate strategies and practices that support all parents as partners in their children's education to ensure school success; and
develop and implement models that may be adopted by other communities.
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| Eligibility: | Recipients of FY2009 Even Start Family Literacy Program awards that are in mid-cycle are eligible to apply in the communities of Fall River and Waltham. |
| Funding: | Two continuation grant awards are expected to be made, subject to satisfactory past program performance and the appropriation of federal funds. |
| Project Duration: | Upon Approval - 8/31/2010 |
| Program Unit: | Adult and Community Learning Services |
| Contact: | Arlene R. Dale adale@doe.mass.edu
Even Start State Coordinator |
| Phone Number: | (781) 338-3878 |
| Date Due: | Friday, July 10, 2009
Proposals must be received at the Department by 5:00 p.m. on the date due. |
| Required Forms: |
 
Part I - General - Program Unit Signature Page - (Standard Contract Form and Application for Program Grants)
Part II - Budget Detail Pages and narrative (Narrative to be developed by applicant.) - Instructions
Part III - Required Program Information
Schedule B - Cost Sharing or Matching Schedule Memorandum of Agreement (Appendix A- no form; to be developed by applicant.)
Chart of Services (Appendix B)
Chart of Summer Services (Appendix B-1)
Staffing Chart (Appendix C)
Matching Funds Chart (Appendix D)
Even Start Statement of Assurances (Appendix E)
Continuous Improvement Plan (Appendix F)
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| Additional Information: |
Program Planning Requirements
Eligibility Requirements for Program Participants
Required and Preferred Hours of Programming
FY2010 Enrollment Policy
Explanation of Grant Award and Required Match
The following document may be accessed at:
http://www.sabes.org/resources/planningmanualsept2006.pdf
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| Reference Documents: |
The following documents may be accessed at:
www.doe.mass.edu/familylit/resources/ listed under Evidence-Based Family Literacy Models:
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| Submission
Instructions: | Submit no later than Friday, July 10, 2009, two (2) sets of the application, each with an original signature (blue ink) of the Superintendent (District) or Executive Director (CBO) or their designee. Mail to:
Arlene R. Dale
Adult and Community Learning Services, 3rd Floor
Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, MA 02148-4906
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