2005 GRANTS

Citizens' Academy
$5,651 for the after-school Proficiency Club for students in grades 3-5

Cleveland Reads
$10,000 to expand Lit Kits for Kids, reading and activity packets for use by volunteer tutors

Domestic Violence Center
$5,000 for the Shelter Youth Literacy Program, which includes Youth Advocacy staff, computer access and educational software

Heights Parent Center
$9,970 to evaluate and expand the Family Literacy program housed at the Cleveland Heights/University Heights Library

Institute for Educational Renewal
$9,900 to purchase supplies, provide teacher professional development, and establish classroom libraries for the Independent Reading Initiative in the Euclid City Schools

Julie Billiart School
$5,000 for the Wilson Language Program

New Life Community
$5,000 for family development and education programs

Positive Education Program
$10,000 for the intervention based Bibliotherapy program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Greater Cleveland
$6,000 for the Experience Corps Tutoring Program

West Side Catholic Center
$5,000 to expand the Youth Advocacy Program for shelter residents and other at-risk children and youth

West Side Ecumenical Ministry
$5,000 to implement literacy tutoring at the teen drop-in centers

YMCA of Greater Cleveland
$10,000 to purchase materials and provide staff training for the Licensed Child Care Literacy Program Initiative, an after-school literacy program

Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
$10,000 for the ICARE partnership at Daniel E. Morgan Elementary School

Youth Opportunities Unlimited
$10,000 to hire an additional staff member for the Teen Parent Empowerment Program

CMSD = Cleveland Metropolitan School District