The Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy GCSU announced their Community Coalition Grant recipients yesterday and we are grateful to be one of the awardees!

“WACO Reads is thrilled to continue its partnerships within the Washington County community to further encourage literacy," said Leah Clark, Washington County School District’s Director of Literacy. "We look forward to growing the great work already being done to support our families and caregivers as they build language and literacy skills in our children so they can thrive.”

The decisions are in, and the Deal Center has chosen 11 community coalitions to award our Community Coalition Grant! Each grantee has put forth a project intended to improve literacy outcomes and identified who will help them do it in a thorough plan of action—because it takes all of us to create meaningful change.

The following groups have demonstrated a determination to transform literacy practices in their communities by bringing together cross-sector collaborators. 

Tier 1 grantees ($10,000 award): WACO Reads (Washington County), Lanier Commission for Children Youth and Families Inc., Building Brains from the Beginning, Inc. (Fayette County), and Family Connection/Communities In Schools of Berrien County, Inc.

Tier 2 grantees ($14,000 award): Whitfield County Schools, For the Love of Reading, Inc. DBA Thomaston-Upson Literacy Alliance, Madison County School District, Tri-County Family Connection (Montgomery, Treutlen, and Wheeler Counties), Brightpaths (Clarke, Oconee, Barrow, Jackson, Madison, Oglethorpe, and others), and Los Niños Primero (Fulton, Clayton, Cobb, Dekalb, and Gwinnett).

Tier 3 grantee ($24,000 award): Sumter County Schools.

Is a project starting up, or sustaining impact, in your county? Keep an eye out for additional details about these projects and their impact as they work to implement each project. Congratulations to the grantees!