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Life Skills for State and Local Prisoners (Federal Register:
February 15, 2006 [CFDA# 84.255A])
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Purpose of Program: The Life Skills for State and Local Prisoners
Program provides financial assistance for establishing and
operating programs designed to reduce recidivism through the
development and improvement of life skills necessary for
reintegration of adult prisoners into society.
Applications Available: February 15, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 3, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: State or local correctional agencies and
State or local correctional education agencies.
Estimated Available Funds: $4,662,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $315,000-$475,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $388,500.
Estimated Number of Awards: 12.Additional Information: Applicable regulations, priorities, and other information are available in the Federal Register notice.
Additional information is available online at: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2006-1/021506c.html
******************************************************************* Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops and Summer Seminars and Institutes for the Intensive Study of Texts and Topics in the Humanities -- K -12 Educators ******************************************************************* The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) offers to K-12 educators each year a wide range of summer professional development opportunities through its Summer Seminars and Institutes program and its new Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops.
This year, NEH will support twenty-eight summer seminars and institutes for the intensive study of important texts and topics in the humanities. Programs are held at locations throughout the United States and abroad. Classroom teachers in public, private, parochial, and charter schools, as well as home-schooling parents, are eligible to participate.
NEH will also support nineteen Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops at major historical sites around the nation. Teachers in American K-12 schools, whether public, public charter, private, or religiously-affiliated are eligible to participate, as are home-schooling parents. Other K-12 school personnel, including administrators, substitute teachers, classroom paraprofessionals, and librarians are also eligible to participate, subject to available space. Teachers may apply to and participate in up to two different Landmarks workshops and one Summer Seminar or Institute in a given summer.
For full listings, eligibility requirements, and application instructions for the Summer Seminars and Institutes, please see the NEH website at http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html. The deadline for Summer Seminars and Institutes applications is March 1, 2005.
For full listings, eligibility requirements, and application instructions for the Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops, please see the NEH website at http://www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks-school.html. The deadline for Landmarks applications is March 15, 2006.
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