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class=195062423-12042010>Hello! I just learned about the following grant
opportunity. Prime Time Family Reading Time is an intensive literacy
program, requiring quite a commitment. However, Oregon libraries that
have participated in Prime Time Family Reading Time have found it extremely
valuable, and it was very well-received in their communities.
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Literacy Program Grants Available</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class=195062423-12042010>Prime Time Family Reading
Time: National Expansion Grant </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN class=195062423-12042010>National Endowment for the
Humanities<A
href="http://www.leh.org/html/primetime_neh_expansion.html">http://www.leh.org/html/primetime_neh_expansion.html</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV align=left>Would you like to help reinforce the role of the family in
educating children?</DIV></LI>
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<DIV align=left>Would you like to help enable parents/guardians and children
to bond around the act of<SPAN class=195062423-12042010> </SPAN>reading and
learning together?</DIV></LI>
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<DIV align=left>Would you like to help foster expectations for high academic
achievement for children in<SPAN class=195062423-12042010>
</SPAN>low-literacy, low-income and/or non-English speaking families and to
encourage their<SPAN class=195062423-12042010> </SPAN>parents/guardians to
enter or continue their own educational or ESL program?</DIV></LI>
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<DIV align=left>Would you like to help transform families into active library
users and lifelong learners?</FONT></DIV></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=3 face="Times New Roman">If you answered “YES” to
any of the questions above, PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME® and<SPAN
class=195062423-12042010> </SPAN>its 2010 – 2011 phase of national expansion
program grants may be ideal for your agency.<SPAN class=195062423-12042010>
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<DIV align=center>Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</DIV>
<DIV align=center>* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book
Coordinator *</DIV>
<DIV align=center>Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</DIV>
<DIV align=center><A
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</A>,
503-378-2528</DIV>
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