Award & Grant Opportunities

NCFL is always on the lookout for new grants and opportunities to share with the family literacy community.

Happy Healthy Family Habits Grants

NCFL presents a new series of grants, sponsored by Humana Foundation, to support innovative and health-focused family engagement. Click here for all of the information, including the Request for Proposal and the online application.

2013 Toyota Teacher of the Year Award

Congratulations to Carolyn Blocker of Long Beach, CA! Blocker has worked for the past seven years to improve the lives of more than 300 families as a parent education teacher at the Long Beach School for Adults.
Read the full press release.

Litera-Seeds Mini-Grants

Litera-Seeds is a mini-grant opportunity also sponsored by Toyota. Twenty mini-grants of $500 each have been awarded for educator-led programs and events that emphasize intergenerational participation and learning. Click here to see the winning organizations.

Check out grant opportunities from our partners:

Dollar General Literacy Foundation

Recent Grant Winners

NCFL is proud to have recently announced the 2012 Libraries and Families Award winners made possible by Better World Books:

Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, OH
Providence Public Library, Providence, RI
Salinas Public Library, Salinas, CA

These three library literacy programs have won $10,000 each and scholarships to the National Conference on Family Literacy in 2012 and 2013. Click here to learn more about how these winning libraries are serving families in innovative ways.Stay tuned for news of the 2013 Libraries and Families Award!