ALAWON v11n0052 (June 25, 2002) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/alawon/alawon-v11n0052.txt ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 11, Number 52 June 25, 2002 In This Issue: Grants Available! COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY CENTERS GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE NOW: DEADLINE JULY 19 The Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education is inviting applications under the Community Technology Centers Program, that provides grants to libraries, public housing facilities, and other community centers to make educational technology available to residents of low-income urban and rural communities. Research shows that lack of access to computers and other information technology by residents of such communities limits their ability to obtain job information, educational resources, and other benefits of the Internet. Current grantees are providing access to preschool and family education programs, after school activities, adult basic and English-as-a-Second-Language instruction, and online job databases. July 19 is the deadline for applications. Applications may be downloaded from the Department of Education web site, where a list of past awards is also available. For further information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/AdultEd/CTC/. EARLY READING FIRST GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE DEADLINE: JULY 15 In the June 7 Federal Register (v. 67, No. 110, pp. 39369-39374), the Department of Education announced the invitation to apply for Early Reading First Grants for 2002. These grants are part of the No Child Left Behind Act (PL 107-110), and are intended to strengthen the school readiness of young children. The grants will rely on research-based strategies to generate information about effective practices in providing children with the essential language, literacy and cognitive experiences that will best prepare them for later school success. See Early Reading First (20 USC 6371), sec. 1221 (www.ed.gov/legislation). Also, the application may be found at www.ed.gov/legislation/fedregister. For further information contact Tracy Bethel or Jennifer Flood, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (202)260-4555 or erf@ed.gov. SMALL RURAL SCHOOLS ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM DEADLINE: JULY 9 Also in the June 7, Federal Register (v. 67, No. 110, pp. 399999375-6) is a notice of the grants to be awarded by the Department of Education for the Small, Rural School Achievement Program. The notice stipulates that an local educational agency is eligible if the total number of students in average daily attendance at all of the schools served is fewer than 600; or each county in which a school served by the LEA has a total population density of fewer than 10 persons per square mile and all of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a school locale code of 7 or 8 by the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. Further details on the program are available at (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/reap.html.) or by contacting Ms. Milagros Lanauze at 202-401-0039 or reap@ed.gov. ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Camille Bowman, Mary Costabile, Don Essex, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Jennifer Hendrix, Carrie Russell, Claudette Tennant. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.