Award & Grant Opportunities
Libraries and Families Award
NCFL is now accepting applications for the third annual Libraries and Families Award, made possible by Better World Books. Three U.S.-based library literacy programs that serve families will win $10,000 each and scholarships to the National Conference on Family Literacy in 2012 and 2013.
Is your library literacy program making a difference for families? Do you have a unique and innovative approach? Both previously existing and new programs can apply.
The online application deadline is 11:59 p.m. on February 6, 2012. Winners will be notified in late February or early March. Review the application criteria, and then submit your application!
Libraries and Families Award winners at the 2011 National Conference on Family Literacy in Louisville, Ky.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to enhance or start your program and let the world know about it! Past winners include:
- Friends of the Dallas Public Library’s Every Child Ready to Read@Dallas
- San Diego Library’s READ/San Diego — Families for Literacy program
- Queens Library Family Literacy Program
- Vineland Public Library
- Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library
This video about the Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library is one of the many stories of families who have benefited from library-based family literacy programs. Your library’s literacy program could be featured next year — don’t forget to apply for the Libraries and Families Award by February 6, 2012!
Learn more about Better World Books’ support of literacy causes throughout the world.