2006 GRANTS

Catholic Charities Services Corporation
$10,000 for the Parent-Child Home program, an early childhood literacy and parenting program

Citizens' Academy
$6,143 for the SMART program, which provides additional instruction for students in literacy and math

Cleveland Sight Center
$5,000 for early education intervention services for visually impaired pre-school children

Cuyahoga Community College Foundation
$7,500 for the Technology and Information Literacy Initiative (TILI)

Domestic Violence Center
$10,000 to renovate the west side shelter

Foundation Center - Cleveland
$500 for operating support

Institute for Educational Renewal - John Carroll University
$9,850 for an independent reading initiative in local schools

Old Stone Foundation
$5,000 for the parenting and literacy program

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Greater Cleveland
$10,000 for the Experience Corps Tutoring program, matching senior tutors with CMSD students

Urban Community School
$4,000 to train teachers to use Accelerated Reader software

West Side Catholic Center
$10,000 for the Youth Advocacy program

Young Audiences of Greater Cleveland, Inc.
$10,000 for the ICARE partnership at Success Tech Academy with Roots of American Music and the Great Lakes Theater Festival

YWCA of Greater Cleveland
$4,923 to enhance literacy programming in the Early Learning Center

CMSD = Cleveland Metropolitan School District