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Community organizations that work with children and families are encouraged to apply for a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities to host a PRIME TIME reading program in spring 2022.
Organizations may choose to host a PRIME TIME Family Reading Program for families with children ages 6-10 or a PRIME TIME Preschool Reading Program for families with children ages 3-5.
“We are delighted to have PRIME TIME available to Louisiana families again this spring and will adapt our programs as needed as recovery efforts from Hurricane Ida continue in our state,” said Shelley Stocker, vice president of education programs at LEH. “During this application cycle, we ask programs to let us know how they prefer to organize programming and are willing to support in-person or virtual programs depending on the needs of each community.â€
Each PRIME TIME program begins with a storyteller reading a carefully chosen children’s book.
Families are then engaged in a discussion around the themes addressed in the book.
Organizations with approved applications agree to run the 90-minute sessions once a week for six weeks. Priority for grants is given to agencies targeting educational and economically vulnerable populations.
Schools, libraries, museums, churches and other community agencies are eligible and must have a valid EIN number to apply.
Each partner site will receive a $ 1,000 site support allowance and a set of children’s books used during the program, they say, and participating families will be allowed to keep all books for their personal libraries. Participation in PRIME TIME reading programs is free for organizations or families.
“PRIME TIME provides all the training, books and support needed to make it easy for any community organization to implement a reading program,†said Miranda Restovic, President and CEO of LEH and PRIME TIME, Inc. “These Programs offer organizations an opportunity to help families spend time together to strengthen family bonds, while promoting literacy within their own communities.
Programs will receive notification of the status of their application in mid-November, with training for the selected programs in January 2022, according to their press release.
PRIME TIME Spring Programs are made possible by the Baptist Community Ministries Foundation, BHP, Community Foundation of North Louisiana, Cleco, Entergy Charitable Foundation, Keller Family Community Foundation, Lamar Foundation, RosaMary Foundation, Shell, Union Pacific and the WK Kellogg Foundation.
For more information on PRIME TIME reading programs and grant applications, visit www.primetimefamily.org or send an email to [email protected].
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