OpportunityTitle: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE); Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant Program CFDA Number 84.371C
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: SEAs.
Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy grant program (SRCL) is to advance literacy skills--including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing--for students from birth through grade 12, including limited-English-proficient students and students with disabilities. Through this program, the Department will award competitive grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to support competitive subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs), including charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law, or other eligible entities for the purpose of advancing literacy skills. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.371C. Applications for grants under the Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant program, CFDA number 84.371C, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Grant program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number&apos;s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.371, not 84.371C).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail Program Mailbox
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6140 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Miriam Lund &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3E245 &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-6200 &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 401-2871 or e-mail:  &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: March 10, 2011. Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: April 1, 2011. We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we are aware of the number of applicants that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant&apos;s intent to submit an application for funding by sending a short e-mail message providing the applicant organization&apos;s name and address. The Secretary requests that this e-mail be sent to striving.readers.comprehensive.literacy@ed.gov with ``Intent to Apply&apos;&apos; in the e-mail subject line. Applicants that do not provide this e-mail notification may still apply for funding. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 9, 2011.