Funding Opportunities
Books For Kids, in partnership with Four Rivers Early Learning and Parenting Hub, is excited to offer a new grant opportunity to childcare providers and early educators located in Wasco and Hood River counties!
Purpose:
The purpose of this grant is to support families with children 0-5 to increase opportunities for early literacy. Through funding provided by the Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) Birth to Five Early Literacy Program, childcare providers and early educators will be able to order books for children in their care, so children and families can begin building their libraries at home.
Who qualifies:
This grant is eligible to any person who provides childcare to children 0-5 or participates in education at a preschool in Wasco and Hood River counties. Childcares and preschools must have at least 70% of their families earning 200% below the Federal Poverty Level. The book grants will be in the form of credits that grantees will use on the nationwide First Book “Marketplace”
How much money is available?
Through the support of Four Rivers Family Early Learning Hub, there is $7,000 for Wasco and Hood River counties that will be divided amongst grantees. Applicants are encouraged to apply based on the number of children they have in their preschool. Books For Kids will divide the number of applicants by the money available to determine how many books each child will receive. Each educator or childcare provider will choose which books they would like to order following the award. They will be given a specific code to be able to order these books, available in English, Spanish and Dual Language.
Timeline:
DEADLINE EXTENDED: NOV 10th
Applications due by 11/10/24. To be sent to:
Books for Kids Columbia Gorge Chairperson- Nancy Johanson Paul njpsun53@gmail.com
Approval by 11/15/24
Grantees receive email letters, with their PIN to order books, by 11/20/24
Once books are ordered, they arrive typically within 6 weeks.
Evaluation due by 12/30/24. A template will be sent to you to provide us with feedback on how the funds were utilized. We love receiving success stories and pictures, as well!
This feedback is to be submitted to Shira Skybinskyy at Sskybinskyy@cgesd.k12.or.us
Regional Funding Opportunity for Hood River, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, and Wasco counties is now closed.
If your organization serves families and children, you may qualify for a grant to support your efforts. By using multiple funding streams, Four Rivers Early Learning and Parenting Hub is looking to support parent education, kindergarten readiness, and family engagement needs in each community by matching the appropriate funding stream.
Areas of focus for funding include; parent education, kindergarten readiness and family engagement. Applications must impact children and their families in Sherman, Hood River, Wasco, Gilliam, and Wheeler counties. Funds are designated for programming that supports families who are pregnant, or with children 0-6.
If you and/or your organization has an idea of supporting children and families in Gilliam, Hood River, Sherman, Wasco, and Wheeler counties, we invite you to review the application materials to learn more.
Funding application materials in English:
Materiales de Aplicación para financiamiento en Espanol: (link a los documentos)
Grant timelines and funding:
2024 Funding Round is now closed.
April 8th - Request for applications announced
April 17th - RFO informational webinar (11 am - 12:30 pm)
May 3rd - Applications due by 5 pm PT
June 4th - Applicants will be notified if they were selected for funding
June 30th - Subcontracts finalized and signed
If you are interested in hearing about future funding opportunities, please add your contact information here to be added to our contact list.