The Foundation Center's Proposal Writing Basics materials
The Foundation Center offers free, quite helpful resources on their website. This document provides links to just a few.
View ArticleFiltering and technology plan requirements under the E-Rate and LSTA
Information concerning filtering and technology plan requirements under the E-Rate program and Library Services and Technology Act grants and links to more details.
View ArticleCIPA Requirements and Form 486
Applicants filing Forms 486 early must be able to accurately make all of the certifications on the form, including the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) certifications in Item 11. Requirements...
View ArticleBest Practices at the Russell Library: Family Caregiver's Project
This describes some best practices and successes that the Russell Library in Middletown creating during their Family Caregiver's Project in 2009-2010.
View ArticleBloomfield's Caregivers 101 Grant Best Practices
This describes a few of the best practices learned by the Bloomfield Public Library's Wintonbury Branch during their Family Caregivers grant in 2009-2010.
View ArticleBloomfield's Wintonbury Branch?s Focus on Adult Literacy
Describes the wildly successful LSTA-funded Community Needs Assessment project conducted by Bloomfield's Wintonbury Branch Library
View ArticleApplication Process: Technology Planning excerpted from the USAC News Brief
The following information, Application Process: Technology Planning was excerpted directly from the Schools and Libraries News Brief of September 26, 2008.
View ArticleThe 5 Required Elements of Technology Plans
These are the 5 required elements for library technology plans in Connecticut; each area must be addressed in order for a plan to qualify for approval.
View ArticleIs it Worth Your While to Apply for E-Rate?
Determine if your library will benefit from an e-rate discount.
View ArticleAnnual Support for a Lifetime of Learning
State Grants to Public Libraries 2011 Triennial Report submitted to the Education Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly pursuant to C.G.S. 11-24b(g).
View Article2012 Eligible Services List Update as of October 3, 2011
The FCC?s official version of the FY 2012 Eligible Services List ("ESL") was released 9/28/11 as Order DA 11-1600. It included this information, excerpted from E-Rate Central?s ?News for the Week? of...
View ArticleU.S. Dep't of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Grants and...
$100 million for rural libraries in United States.
View ArticleFY 12/13 LSTA Grants
This document provides the abstracts and other details of the subgrants awarded under Connecticut's LSTA program. 9 grantees will receive a total of $117,611 in LSTA funds, which come from the federal...
View ArticleState Aid Grants to Connecticut Public Libraries
Describes the annual state grant awarded each year to principal public libraries in Connecticut.
View ArticlePublic Library Annual Statistical Report and Application for State Aid
Background information on applying for and receiving state aid grants. Updated April 2012.
View ArticleGrant Opportunities
Describes other grant programs from government and private sources, including ALA, the USDA, Safeco, Citizen's Financial Group, the U.S. Dept of Education, and more.
View Article
