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Thirty-two local education agencies and organizations will share more than $90 million in three-year Early Reading First grants to improve the language and pre-reading skills of young children, U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced.
Secretary's Press Release (October 5, 2004)
FY 2004 Grantee abstracts:
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MS WORD (279K)ERF Slate:
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2003
Secretary's Press Release (October 14, 2003)
FY 2003 Grantee abstracts:
MS WORD (259K)
2002
The first Early Reading First grantees were announced January 23, 2003. These 30 grants, totaling over $72 million, range from $782,330 to $4,483,364 and are for a three-year project period.
- Secretary's Press Release (January 23, 2003)
| State | City | Applicant Name | Three-Year Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Montgomery | Alabama Department of Children's Affairs Project Director: Millie Dorman (334) 223-0502 |
$824,872 |
| Birmingham | The University of Alabama at Birmingham Project Director: Kathleen Martin (205) 975-5369 |
$2,508,061 | |
| Arizona | Rio Rico | Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District #35 Project Director: Kristine Cleary Fontes (520) 375-7458 |
$782,330 |
| California | Red Bluff | Tehama County Department of Education Project Director: Paula Brown-Almond (530) 528-7343 |
$1,956,629 |
| Colorado | Cortez | Pinon Project Project Director: Virginia Howey (970) 564-1195 |
$1,039,079 |
| Denver | The Clayton Foundation Project Director: Meera Mani (303) 355-4411 |
$3,134,317 | |
| Florida | Fort Myers | United Way of Lee County, Inc. Success by 6 Project Director: Greg Gardner (941) 433-2000 |
$1,633,807 |
| Illinois | Chicago | Ounce of Prevention Fund Project Director: Brenda Eiland-Williford (312) 922-3863 |
$1,621,924 |
| Kansas | Topeka | Topeka Public Schools, USD 501 Project Director: James L. Glass (785) 575-6155 |
$2,143,566 |
| Maine | Belfast | Waldo County Preschool & Family Services Project Director: Ruth H. Southworth (207) 338-2200 |
$2,026,323 |
| Maryland | Baltimore | Baltimore City Head Start Program Project Director: Carlethea Johnson (410) 396-7414 |
$1,394,100 |
| Rockville | Montgomery County Public Schools Project Director: Pamela Prue (301) 230-0691 |
$3,619,131 | |
| Largo | Prince George's Child Resource Center Project Director: Margaret Watkins (301) 772-8420 |
$1,669,338 | |
| Michigan | Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids Community College Project Director: Rebecca Brinks (616) 234-4084 |
$2,509,424 |
| Missouri | Kansas City | Children's TLC - Therapeutic Learning Center Project Director: Laura McCrary (816) 756-0780 |
$2,651,911 |
| New Mexico | Prewitt | Baca Community School Project Director: Jacque Mangahm (505) 876-2769 |
$912,098 |
| Albuquerque | Regents of the University of New Mexico Project Director: Carol Westby (505) 277-8715 |
$2,354,711 | |
| New York | Bronx | Bronx Community School District 7 Project Director: John Piazza (718) 742-6524 |
$3,158,488 |
| Bronx | Bronx Community School District 9 Project Director: Melvin R Thompson (718) 681-6656 |
$3,117,538 | |
| New York | New York University Project Director: Ms. Sheila Smith (212) 998-5014 |
$1,275,003 | |
| Oklahoma | Norman | University of Oklahoma Project Director: Susan J. Kimmel (405) 799-6383 |
$4,078,132 |
| Oregon | Wilsonville | Oregon Child Development Coalition Project Director: Juanita Santana (503) 570-1110 |
$2,362,745 |
| Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | School District of Philadelphia Project Director: Donna Piekarski (215) 299-7502 |
$4,483,364 |
| Puerto Rico | San Juan | Puerto Rico Department of Education Project Director: Eileen L. Reyes (787) 759-8910 |
$3,267,456 |
| South Carolina | Marion | Marion School District 1 Project Director: Cleo Richardson (843) 423-1811 |
$4,257,946 |
| Texas | San Marcos | Community Action, Inc of Hays, Caldwell & Blanco Counties Project Director: Corina Jaimes (512) 392-1161 |
$4,353,282 |
| El Paso | Region 19 Education Service Center Project Director: Blanca Enriquez (915) 790-4610 |
$3,000,000 | |
| Washington | Seattle | City of Seattle Project Director: Billie Young (206) 386-1143 |
$2,979,414 |
| West Virginia | Webster Springs | Webster County Board of Education Project Director: Madonna Blyler (304) 847-5638 |
$1,368,615 |
| Wyoming | Cowley | Big Horn School District #1 Project Director: Matt Davidson (307) 548-2238 |
$1,573,750 |
Grantee abstracts: MS WORD (428K)
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