OpportunityTitle: Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Ready-to-Learn Television CFDA Number 84.295A
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: To receive a cooperative agreement under this competition, an entity must be a public telecommunications entity   (as defined in this notice) that is able to demonstrate:      (A) A capacity to develop and nationally distribute educational and   instructional television programming of high quality that is accessible   by a large majority of disadvantaged preschool and elementary school   children;      (B) A capacity to contract with the producers of children&apos;s   television programming for the purpose of developing educational   television programming of high quality;      (C) A capacity, consistent with the entity&apos;s mission and nonprofit   nature, to negotiate such contracts in a manner that returns to the   entity an appropriate share of any ancillary income from sales of any   program-related products; and      (D) A capacity to localize programming and materials to meet   specific State and local needs and to provide educational outreach at   the local level.
Description: &#8226;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. Purpose of Program: The Ready-to-Learn Television Program (Ready-to-Learn) is designed to: (1) Facilitate school readiness and academic achievement by supporting the development and national distribution of educational television and interactive media programming for preschool and elementary school children and their parents; (2) develop and disseminate educational outreach materials and programs that are designed to deepen and extend the effectiveness of the educational television and interactive media and (3) build social and virtual communities of parents, educators, and children devoted to using the media materials. Applications for grants under the Ready-to-Learn Television Program, CFDA Number 84.295A, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. You may access the electronic grant application for the Ready-to-Learn 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 84.295, not 84.295A). The telephone number for the Grants.gov Helpdesk is 1-800-518-4726 or e-mail: support@grants.gov.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Program Manager: email
GrantorContactText: Joyce Mays &lt;br/&gt;Management Analyst  &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6122 &lt;br/&gt;joyce.mays@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Brian Lekander &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4C133 Washington, DC 20202-5930 &lt;br/&gt;Telephone:(202)205-5633 or by email:
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: March 25, 2015  Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: April 9, 2015  e of Pre-Application Webinar: An informational Webinar will be announced on the Ready-to-Learn Television Web site at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/rtltv/index.html.  Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 26, 2015