Notice Announcing Innovative Approaches to Literacy Program Competition
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This initiative funds programs focused on improving literacy for children from birth to 12th grade in underprivileged communities. Eligible applicants like local education agencies with low-income students, and national nonprofits, can apply for grants to create innovative literacy projects.
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Key Changes
- Introduction of new grants for literacy programs in low-income communities
- Eligibility expanded to include national nonprofits and educational agencies serving low-income students
- Focus on projects that involve school libraries and book distribution
Obligations
What this law requires
Submit complete grant proposals electronically through Grants.gov 'APPLY' function by 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern time on June 9, 2026
Applicant must be a local educational agency (LEA) with 20 percent or more students from families below the poverty line, OR a consortium of such LEAs, OR the Bureau of Indian Education, OR an eligible national nonprofit serving children within attendance boundaries of eligible LEAs
Programs must be designed to develop and improve literacy skills for children and students from birth through 12th grade in high-need local educational agencies and schools
Projects must be carried out in coordination with school libraries for book distribution, childhood literacy activities, or both (absolute priority requirement)
Programs must support one or more of the following: develop and enhance effective school library programs with professional development and materials; provide early literacy services including pediatric literacy programs; or provide high-quality books regularly to children and adolescents from low-income communities