National
Leadership Grant Focus 2006
To encourage national models IMLS placed a priority on National
Leadership Grants for youth development projects. IMLS defines
“youth development projects” as those projects that
provide services to youth ages 9-19, that engage them in activities
with social and civic value, that establish pathways toward
increasing independence and responsibility, and that improve
skills and contribute to overall well-being. Projects may be
based in-school or out-of-school, may focus on particular disciplines
(e.g., art, history, science) or skills (e.g., literacy, character
development, technology); may provide services to under-served
or disadvantaged youth (e.g., rural, tribal, low-literacy);
or may engage youth in cross-cultural or inter-generational
activities. IMLS will work with recipients of FY 2006 National
Leadership Grants to engage in joint planning and evaluation
efforts.
Guidelines were posted on November
4, 2005 and the deadline was February 1, 2006. Applications
are currently under review, and awareds will be announced in
September 2006.
Planning and Evaluation
Library Grants to States: Summer Reading IMLS is working with
several states to develop measurement tools for summer reading
programs. Nearly every state is involved in summer reading programs
and these programs reach hundreds of thousands each year. These
tools should help to assess impact and to produce comparable
data from libraries in states with widely divergent demographics.
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