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Program Manager/Administrator: Funding and Grant Writing Resources
Basic Elements of Grant Writing
http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html
This publication from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is an easy guide to the basic elements of grant writing. It offers guideposts to help you through each stage of the grant writing process.
Building Strong and Effective Community Partnerships: A Manual for Family Literacy Workers
http://www.nald.ca/clr/partner/contents.htm
This on-line manual is a great resource for collaboration, an important part of any successful family literacy program. Contains step-by-step considerations, worksheets, evaluation instruments, and more.
DePaul University Department of Education
http://condor.depaul.edu/~kcrosby/psygrant.htm
Nice selection of links to Grant Writing Tips, Foundations and Nonprofit resources.
Family Literacy: Who Benefits?
http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/famlit-whobenefits2000.pdf
This publication contains useful and timely resources that can be used to show the positive effects of family literacy programs.
Foundation Center Online Library
http://foundationcenter.org/onlib/index.html
This site offers links to Foundation Finder, Foundation Directory, Top U.S. Funders, Foundation Profiles, Proposal Writing Course and much more. Check the Quick Links section
Taking a Closer Look: A Guide to Online Resources on Family Involvement
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hfrptest/content/projects/fine/resources/guide/resource_guide.pdf
This is a resource guide that contains annotated Web links to recent (published in and after 2000) research, information, and tools about family involvement which covers resources about parenting practices to support children's learning and development, home-school relationships, parent leadership development, and collective engagement for school improvement and reform. Resource Guide sections include: Knowledge Development, Professional Development, Standards, Programs, Tools, Convening, Special Initiatives, Appendix: Resource Guide Organizations.
Using Evaluation Data to Document the Value of Even Start Family Literacy Programs
http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/research/esevaldata03.htmll
The purpose of this site is to show the value of using standardized tests or alternative assessment tools for assessing literacy skills in family literacy programs, and to share how both formal and informal assessments can be used to gauge overall program quality. This site covers the PLS-3 for children, the (BEST) for parents, the TABE for parents, The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory and the Adult and Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2.) Informal assessments such as the oral interview, surveys, and program observations are also summarized.
Verizon Foundation
http://foundation.verizon.com/
The Verizon Foundation is a strong supporter of literacy.
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