William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Programs Grants for Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations CFDA 84.258A | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Programs grant competition for Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations (CFDA 84.258A) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Education designed to reduce poverty and illiteracy by strengthening learning across the whole family. The program focuses on low-income families and is built around the idea that children do better academically when their parents or caregivers are also supported in improving their own literacy skills and in learning effective parenting strategies connected to education. Rather than funding isolated services, Even Start requires an integrated, unified family literacy approach that ties early childhood education together with adult education and parenting education.

At the center of the opportunity is a required program model that blends three core components: early childhood education for young children, adult literacy or adult basic education for parents and other participating adults, and parenting education that helps adults support their childrens learning and development. The intent is not only to raise reading and education levels in the short term, but to disrupt the long-term cycle where low literacy contributes to limited employment options and continued poverty across generations. Projects are expected to improve educational outcomes for both children and adults and to support families in meeting challenging state academic content and achievement standards.

The notice emphasizes that funded projects should be implemented through cooperative activities that make smart use of what is already working locally. In practice, that means building on high-quality existing community resources and partnerships to expand or create a broader set of coordinated educational services for families. Programs are expected to promote academic achievement for participating children and adults, and they should use instructional approaches grounded in scientifically based reading research when available, including strategies that help prevent reading difficulties for both children and adults. The application package for the competition includes a description of 15 required program elements that grant funds must support, meaning applicants need to design their proposed services to align with these required elements rather than proposing a loosely related set of activities.

Eligibility is limited to Federally recognized Indian tribes and Tribal organizations, as defined in Section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). The opportunity anticipates a small number of awards, listed as three expected awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $831,470. The listing also indicates there is a cost-sharing or matching requirement, so applicants should plan for how matching funds or in-kind contributions will be documented and sustained in line with the official notice.

Applications for this opportunity had to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov, and the Department makes clear that applications cannot be submitted by email. Applicants were instructed to locate the package by searching for the CFDA number without the letter suffix (search for 84.258 rather than 84.258A), download and complete the application offline, and then upload it through the Grants.gov portal. For this FY 2009 competition, the application package became available March 9, 2009, and the deadline for transmittal of applications was May 4, 2009, with the opportunity archived June 3, 2009. The funding opportunity number is ED-GRANTS-030909-001, and the agency is the Department of Education.

Because the public summary is only a synopsis, the official Federal Register notice is the controlling document for the detailed requirements, including any priorities, performance measures, formatting rules, and submission instructions that could affect whether an application is considered complete and eligible for review. The announcement provides contacts for assistance: Julius Cotton as the ED Grants.gov System Administrator for technical access issues, and Amber Sheker as the program manager for program-related questions, along with phone numbers and email addresses.

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