YALSA offering $40,000 in 2014 Summer Reading Resource Grants

YALSA is distributing twenty $1,000 summer reading resources grants to help libraries boost their collections by providing funds to purchase reading materials, especially those that help English Language Learners and struggling readers. YALSA will provide 20 libraries with $1,000 each to recruit, train and compensate teen assistants to help with summer reading programs. Individual library branches within a larger system may apply. Applications are due January 1, 2014. Funding is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. Learn more or apply at http://summerreading.ning.com/.

Comments are closed.
New York State Library

Summer Reading at New York Libraries is funded in part through the Federal Library Services and Technology Act, with funds awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The New York State Library is a program of the Office of Cultural Education in the New York State Education Department.