2007 Early Reading First Grant Program

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Applicant Name Applicant Federal Funding

State Three Year
Amount
University of Alabama – Department of Education, Curriculum AL $3,512,166.00
and Instruction
Project Name: Project BEYOND
Project Director: Rochelle Dail
(205) 348-7402
Southwest Institute for Children and Families AZ $4,428,916.00
Project Name: Mohave Desert Early Learning Coalition
Project Director: Alisa Burroughs
(928) 758-3961
Little Rock School District AR $2,978,707.00
Project Name: Little Rock Centers for Early Literacy
Project Director: Glenda Nugent
(501) 447-3326
Merced School District CA $3,127,301.00
Project Name: Merced Early Reading First
Project Director: Lori Slaven
(209) 385-6787
Newport-Mesa Unified School District CA $3,499,494.00
Project Name: Early Success for Children’s Achievement of
Language and Early Reading Acquisition (ESCALERA)
Project Director: Lorrie Hoggard
(949) 515-6622
San Juan Unified School District CA $3,000,000.00
Project Name: Project LLEAPS (Language, Literacy, Early
Intervention, Parent Support)
Project Director: Deb Merchant
(916) 971-5911
University of Delaware – Delaware Center for Teacher DE $3,621,606.00
Education
Project Name: Opening Doors to Literacy
Project Director: Carol Vukelich
(302) 831-1657
Putnam County School District – Northeast Florida FL $4,081,677.00
Educational Consortium
Project Name: REACH II (Raising Expectations for All
Children)
Project Director: Marsha Hill
(386) 329-3800
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Applicant Name Applicant Federal Funding

State Three Year
Amount
The Committee for Academic Excellence FL $2,995,978.00
Project Name: Linking Academic Success with Early Reading
(LASER)
Project Director: Timothy Kilpatrick
(813) 672-9041
Clarke County School District GA $6,473,760.00
Project Name: Clarke County School District Ready Readers
Project Director: Jan Stephens
(706) 357-5239
Early County School System GA $4,291,880.00
Project Name: Early County Early Reading First
Project Director: Sonja Rowland
(229) 724-5378
Twiggs County Public Schools GA $3,154,865.00
Project Name: Twiggs County Early Reading First
Project Director: Carol Brown
(478) 945-3127
United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, Smart Start Georgia GA $4,480,001.00
Project Name: LIGHT (Literacy Generates Hope for
Tomorrow)
Project Director: Sharen Hausmann
(404) 527-7288
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois – Special IL $4,060,877.00
Education College of Education
Project Name: Early Language and Literacy for Danville
(ELL-D)
Project Director: Jeanette McCollum
(217) 244-6178
Unified School District #475 KS $3,325,056.00
Project Name: Foundations of Literacy Activities for Geary
County (FLAG)
Project Director: Pat Anderson
(785) 717-2724
University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. – JGCP Life KS $3,425,557.00
Span Institute
Project Name: Wyandotte County ERF
Project Director: Mary Abbott
(913) 321-6143
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Applicant Name Applicant Federal Funding

State Three Year
Amount
Green River Regional Educational Cooperative KY $4,466,775.00
Project Name: GRREC Early Reading First
Project Director: Elizabeth Storey
(270) 745-2541
Bright Futures Madison Parish School District LA $3,060,535.00
Project Name: Bright Futures ERF Project
Project Director: Patricia Candler
(318) 574-3616
Chelsea Public Schools MA $1,738,087.00
Project Name: Chelsea Early Reading First
Project Director: Jacqueline Bevere Maloney
(617) 466-5150
Education Development Center, Inc. MA $3,385,805.00
Project Name: RENEW – Reading Enrichment to Nurture
Excellence in Worcester
Project Director: Sue Washburn
(617) 969-7100
Marion Public Schools MI $3,796,400.00
Project Name: Mesick, Marion, and Pine River TLC
(Teaching Literacy Collaboratively)
Project Director: Michael Acosta
(230) 590-0048
The School District of Kansas City MO $4,478,278.00
Project Name: Leveling the Field for English Language
Learners
Project Director: Alicia Miguel
(816) 418-2603
Board of Regents, University of Nebraska, University of NE $2,741,563.00
Nebraska - Lincoln
Project Name: Rural Language and Literacy Collaborative
Project Director: Lisa Knoche
(402) 472-4821
Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo – Good Schools for NY $4,111,507.00
All
Project Name: Buffalo Preschool CARE (Community Action
for Reading Equity)
Project Director: Helene Harris Kramer
(716) 843-8895
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Applicant Name Applicant Federal Funding

State Three Year
Amount
Syracuse City School District NY $3,531,340.00
Project Name: Syracuse City School District ERF
Project Director: Karen Howard
(315) 435-5840
Bladen County Schools NC $3,367,721.00
Project Name: HEART: Hands-On Early Assistance for
Readers of Tomorrow
Project Director: David Jordan
(910) 862-4136
Richmond County Schools NC $2,940,000.00
Project Name: The Time is Now in Pre-K
Project Director: Haven Harrelson
(910) 582-5860
Lancaster County Partners for Youth SC $3,391,930.00
Project Name: Lancaster County Partners for Youth ERF
Project Director: Sharon Novinger
(803) 286-1465
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness SC $4,150,553.00
Project Name: South Carolina Early Reading Collaborative
Project Director: Mary Anne Mathews
(803) 734-0397
Hearne Independent School District TX $2,166,898.00
Project Name: Good Beginnings
Project Director: Catherine Davis
(512) 576-1145
City of Seattle WA $3,974,248.00
Project Name: Seattle Early Reading First
Project Director: Pat Wells
(206) 684-0524
Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin, University of WI $3,212,726.00
Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Project Name: Project EMERGE: Exemplary Model of Early
Reading Growth and Excellence
Project Director: Karen Stoiber
(414) 229-6841