The Children’s Literacy Foundation (CLiF) aims to ensuring that all children in New Hampshire and Vermont have access to enriching literacy experiences, the resources they need to learn, and high-quality books in the spaces where they spend time, particularly in the home. Literacy skills are one of the strongest indicators of a child’s future success and the best way to ensure children develop those skills is to give them access to books they want to read, the organization stated in a recent news release.
“During the Covid-19 pandemic, low-income, at-risk, and rural kids are at-risk of falling further behind in literacy. Too many lack access to books at home and the materials they need to learn,” the organization continued. “CLiF offers grants to schools, afterschool programs, English Language Learner classrooms, meal programs and food banks, homeless shelters, libraries, and other spaces where children spend time. CLiF has adapted to virtual storytelling sessions and modified grants designed to serve a wide variety of programs reaching low-income, at-risk, and rural kids.”
CLiF Program Director Meredith Scott said, “We recognize the challenges of offering programming for kids and families; we are open to ways potential partners can adjust grants to fit the needs of their communities, while providing some much-needed fun!”
Grant applications for CLiF’s Year of the Book grant for the 2021-2022 school year, as well as applications for CLiF’s Community Building grant for spring 2021, are now available at clifonline.org.
