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Opportunity Information: Apply for ED GRANTS 030309 001

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Early Reading First Program CFDA 84.359A and 84.359B" and is now available to receive applicants.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 3, 2009 and posted on Mar 3, 2009.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 2, 2009 Applications Available March 3, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Pre Applications April 2, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Full Applications June 16, 2009 (for applicants invited to submit full applications only).. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $111,424,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 24 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• 1. Eligible Applicants Under this competition, eligible applicants are (a) One or more LEAs, including charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law, that are eligible to receive a subgrant under the Reading First program (Title I, Part B, Subpart 1 of the ESEA) (b) One or more public or private organizations or agencies (including faith based organizations) located in a community served by an eligible LEA or (c) One or more eligible LEAs, applying in collaboration with one or more eligible organizations or agencies. To qualify under paragraph (b) of this definition, the organizations or agencys application must be on behalf of one or more programs that serve preschool aged children (such as a Head Start program, a child care program, a family literacy program such as Even Start, or a lab school at a university), unless the organization or agency itself operates a preschool program. Lists, by State, of LEAs that qualify under paragraph (a) of this definition for this FY 2009 competition are posted on the Early Reading First Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/ eligibility.html. These lists are based on the most recent information provided by each State and the Department of Interiors Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) to the Departments Reading First program, and are posted for the convenience of Early Reading First applicants. However, we consider it to be each applicants responsibility to verify with the Reading First office in its State, or with the BIE, as appropriate, whether a particular LEA is eligible to receive a subgrant under the Reading First program as of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. A list of State and BIE contacts for this purpose is also posted at the Early Reading First Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/eligibility.html.11 Eligibility determination date The date governing whether an LEA is eligible to receive a subgrant under the Reading First program is the date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice inviting applications for new awards under the Early Reading First program for FY 2009.

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