Planning Grants
The Communications Consortium Media Center awarded Ready Kids, Ready Schools, Ready Communities Opportunities Planning Grants to nonprofit community organizations and agencies to help them collaborate with others in their community and state to prepare and apply for ARRA and related funding to link early care and learning to the early grades, and strengthen the foundation for success for all children, especially those who are most vulnerable. Grantees include community-based and state-focused organizations that are working in 20 states.
Grantees include:
| Organization |
City |
State |
| Homer Children's Services, Inc. |
Homer |
AK |
| Educare Arizona |
Phoenix |
AZ |
| Bay Area Local Initiatives Support Corporation |
San Francisco |
CA |
| First 5 Santa Barbara County |
Santa Barbara |
CA |
| Walnut Avenue Women's Center |
Santa Cruz |
CA |
| Education Connection |
Danbury |
CT |
| KITE (Key Initiatives To Early Education) |
Enfield |
CT |
| GECC/FV YMCA |
Granby |
CT |
| Torrington Early Childhood Collaborative |
Torrington |
CT |
| Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc. |
Waterbury |
CT |
| CentroNía |
Washington |
DC |
| Communities in Schools of Georgia |
Atlanta |
GA |
| United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, Smart Start |
Atlanta |
GA |
| Scottdale Child Development Center, Inc/ Dekalb Partners for |
Scottdale |
GA |
| Good Beginnings Alliance |
Honolulu |
HI |
| Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education |
Honolulu |
HI |
| Child and Family Policy Center |
Des Moines |
IA |
| Making Connections Indianapolis |
Indianapolis |
IN |
| Calhoun Intermediate School District |
Battle Creek |
MI |
| Michigan's Children |
Lansing |
MI |
| Emmanuel Family and Child Development Center |
Kansas City |
MO |
| Chatham County Partnership for Children |
Pittsboro |
NC |
| Down East Partnership for Children |
Rocky Mount |
NC |
| Nevada Public Health Foundation (Submitted by: Nevada Department of Education) |
Carson City |
NV |
| Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton |
Canton |
OH |
| Voices for Ohio's Children |
Cleveland |
OH |
| Open Dorr Family Resource Center |
Toledo |
OH |
| Foundation for the Advancement of Childhood Education (FACE), a |
Westerville |
OH |
| Southwestern Oregon Community College |
Coos Bay |
OR |
| Susquehanna County CARES |
Montrose |
PA |
| Accion Comunal Latinoamericana de Montgomery County dba ACLAMO F |
Norristown |
PA |
| University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development |
Pittsburgh |
PA |
| United Way of Southeastern PA |
Pottstown |
PA |
| Lehigh Carbon Community College |
Schnecksville |
PA |
| Catholic Charities/Family Service Association |
San Antonio |
TX |
| United Way of Danville-Pittsylvania County |
Danville |
VA |
| United Way of Martinsville & Henry County |
Martinsville |
VA |
| White Center Community Development Association |
Seattle |
WA |
| Children's Home Society of Washington Southwest |
Vancouver |
WA |
| Educational Service District 112 |
Vancouver |
WA |
| Ready by Five |
Yakima |
WA |
For grantee contact information, call Phil Sparks at CCMC: 202.326.8700. |
