+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| **         | ***Applicant Name***                           | ***Fe |
| *Applicant |                                                | deral |
| State***   |                                                | Fundi |
|            |                                                | ng*** |
|            |                                                |       |
|            |                                                | ***3  |
|            |                                                | -Year |
|            |                                                | Amou  |
|            |                                                | nt*** |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Alabama    | Gulf Regional Childcare Mgmt Agency, Inc.      | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,01 |
|            | Project Name: Path to Excellence               | 9,104 |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Catherine Kreger             |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(251\) 626-8926, ckreger@grcma.org            |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Alabama    | University of Alabama                          | \     |
|            |                                                | $1,94 |
|            | # Project Nam                                  | 4,373 |
|            | e: Project CORE: Building a Community of Readi |       |
|            | ng Excellence in Jefferson County, Mississippi |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Lea McGee                    |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(205\) 348-1196, lmcgee@bamaed.ua.edu         |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Arizona    | Arizona State University                       | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,49 |
|            | # Proje                                        | 1,777 |
|            | ct Name: Tempe Early Reading First Partnership |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Shelley Gray                 |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(480\) 965-6796, Shelley.Gray@asu.edu         |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| California | Children of the Rainbow, Inc.                  | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,20 |
|            | Project Name: Early Reading First: Creating    | 0,807 |
|            | Centers of Excellence for Young Learners       |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Gale R. Walker               |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(619\) 615-0652,                              |       |
|            | galerwalker@childrenoftherainbow.com           |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| California | Imperial County Office of Education            | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,59 |
|            | # Project Name: Imperial Valley Ready to Read  | 7,431 |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Antonia Zupancich            |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(760\) 312-6429, azupan@icoe.k12.ca.us        |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| District   | Eager to Read                                  | \     |
| of         |                                                | $1,76 |
| Columbia   | Project Name: The DC Partnership for Early     | 5,647 |
|            | Literacy                                       |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Jack McCarthy                |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(202\) 488-3990;                              |       |
|            | jmccarthy@appletreeinstitute.org               |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Florida    | Children\'s Services Council of Palm Beach     | \     |
|            | County                                         | $2,17 |
|            |                                                | 0,311 |
|            | Project Name: Ready to Read                    |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Gaetana Ebbole               |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(561\) 655-1010, tanna.ebbole@cscpbc.org      |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Florida    | North East Florida Educational Consortium      | \     |
|            |                                                | $4,11 |
|            | # Project Name: Northeast Florida Educ         | 0,460 |
|            | ational Consortium Early Reading First Project |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Marsha Hill                  |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(386\) 329-3800; hillm@nefec.org              |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Iowa       | Des Moines Independent Community School        | \     |
|            | District                                       | $2,96 |
|            |                                                | 8,800 |
|            | Project Name: Pathways to Early Learning and   |       |
|            | Literacy (PELL)                                |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Nancy Duey                   |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(515\) 242-7588, nancy.duey@dmps.k12.ia.us    |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Illinois   | Northeastern Illinois University               | \     |
|            |                                                | $3,61 |
|            | Project Name: Roots Of Language and Literacy   | 3,437 |
|            | (ROLL)                                         |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Gina Gamboa                  |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(773\) 522-9595, g-gamboa@neiu.edu            |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Kansas     | Unified School District #475                   | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,13 |
|            | Project Name: Foundations of Literacy          | 7,091 |
|            | Activities for Geary County Children: F.L.A.G. |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Pat Anderson                 |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(785\) 238-6184;patanderson@usd475.org        |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Kansas     | University Of Kansas Medical Center            | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,82 |
|            | Project Name: Early Reading First-Wyandotte    | 4,166 |
|            | County (Wy-ERF)                                |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | ## Project Director: Martha D. Staker          |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | ## (913) 281-2648, mstaker@kumc.edu            |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Kentucky   | Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative            | \     |
|            |                                                | $3,97 |
|            | Project Name: OVEC Early Reading First Program | 2,083 |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Karla Gibbs                  |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(502\) 647-3533, kgibbs@ovec.coop.k12.ky.us   |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Kentucky   | Whitley County Board of Education              | \     |
|            |                                                | $4,49 |
|            | Project Name: Children's Literacy Initiative   | 6,327 |
|            | to Make Better-Educated Readers (Project       |       |
|            | CLIMBERS)                                      |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Terry Skinner                |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(606\) 549-7000, ext. 37,                     |       |
|            | tskinner@whitley.k12.ky.us                     |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Mas        | Boston Public Schools                          | \     |
| sachusetts |                                                | $2,71 |
|            | Project Name: Boston's Early Reading First     | 6,060 |
|            | Program                                        |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Charlotte Harris             |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(617\) 635-9050; charria@bostonk12.ma.us      |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Michigan   | Regents of the University of Michigan          | \     |
|            |                                                | $3,13 |
|            | Project Name: MI-PAL: Michigan Preschoolers    | 3,893 |
|            | Acquiring Language and Literacy                |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Julie Washington             |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(734\) 764-8440, washja@umich.edu             |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Minnesota  | Bloomington Public Schools                     | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,99 |
|            | Project Name: Early Reading First *Get Ready*  | 8,537 |
|            | Centers of Educational Excellence              |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Michala (Kay) Miller         |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(952\) 681-6214,                              |       |
|            | kmiller@bloomington.k12.mn.us                  |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Minnesota  | Cass Lake - Bena Public Schools                | \     |
|            |                                                | $1,03 |
|            | Project Name: Cass Lake-Bena Curiosity Center  | 8,444 |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Pamela M. Olson              |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(201\) 335-2201, polson@clbs.k12.mn.us        |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Minnesota  | Special School District #1, Minneapolis Public | \     |
|            | Schools                                        | $4,49 |
|            |                                                | 8,754 |
|            | Project Name: Minneapolis Early Reading First  |       |
|            | Project                                        |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Maureen Seiwert              |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(612\) 668-5301, mseiwert@mpls.k12.mn.us      |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Nebraska   | University of Nebraska-Lincoln                 | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,68 |
|            | Project Name: Portales a Aprender Leer (PAL)   | 7,442 |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: J. Ron Nelson,               |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(402\) 472-0283                               |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| New Mexico | Regional Education Cooperative VIII            | \     |
|            |                                                | $1,63 |
|            | Project Name: Regional Education Cooperative   | 0,058 |
|            | VIII Collaborative for Centers of Excellence   |       |
|            | (CCOE)                                         |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Belinda Morris               |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(505\) 392-7179                               |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| New York   | Syracuse City School District                  | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,86 |
|            | Project Name: Syracuse City School District    | 6,003 |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Christine Vogelsang          |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(315\) 435-4276;cvogel05@scsd.us              |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| New York   | University of Rochester                        | \     |
|            |                                                | $3,81 |
|            | Project Name: Early Reading First in an        | 5,680 |
|            | Integrated Content-based Curriculum            |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Lucia French                 |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(585\) 275-3235, lfrench@its.rochester.edu    |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Ohio       | Cleveland State University                     | \     |
|            |                                                | $3,03 |
|            | Project Name: Project LEAPS: Literacy          | 2,543 |
|            | Enrichment and Achievement for Preschool       |       |
|            | Success                                        |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Terri L. Purcell             |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(216\) 875-9705, t.l.purcell@csuohio.edu      |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Rhode      | The Providence Plan                            | \     |
| Island     |                                                | $2,97 |
|            | Project Name: Ready to Learn Providence        | 5,000 |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Joyce Butler                 |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(401\) 455-8880; jbutler@providenceplan.org   |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| South      | Shannon County School District                 | \     |
| Dakota     |                                                | $2,29 |
|            | Project Name: Shannon County Schools Early     | 0,345 |
|            | Reading First                                  |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | # Project Director: Margo Heinert              |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | # (605) 455-6694, mheinert@shannon.ws          |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Tennessee  | Claiborne County Board of Education            | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,74 |
|            | Project Name: The Alpha School: Getting the    | 4,526 |
|            | Right Start on the Road to Literacy            |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Dr. Elizabeth Fugate, (423)  |       |
|            | 626-3543, efugate@centurytel.net               |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Tennessee  | United Way of Metropolitan Nashville           | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,98 |
|            | Project Name: Read to Succeed                  | 3,779 |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Samantha Wigand              |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(615\) 780-2467,                              |       |
|            | Samantha.Wigand@unitedwaynashville.org         |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Tennessee  | Wayne County Board of Education                | \     |
|            |                                                | $4,50 |
|            | Project Name: Wayne County Literacy            | 0,000 |
|            | Acceleration Project                           |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Terry Wayne Hampton (931)    |       |
|            | 722-3548, hamptont1@k12tn.net                  |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Virginia   | Virginia Commonwealth University               | \     |
|            |                                                | $3,30 |
|            | Project Name: Richmond Early Reading First     | 4,973 |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Mark E. Emblidge             |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(804\) 225-8777                               |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Wisconsin  | Regents of the University of Wisconsin         | \     |
|            |                                                | $2,41 |
|            | ### Project Name: Exemplary                    | 8,555 |
|            |  Model of Early Reading Growth and Excellence  |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | > (EMERGE Project)                             |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Karen Stoiber                |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | \(414\) 229-6841; kstoiber@uwm.edu             |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| Wisconsin  | School District of Janesville                  | \     |
|            |                                                | $1,57 |
|            | Project Name: Janesville Early Literacy        | 7,603 |
|            | Project                                        |       |
|            |                                                |       |
|            | Project Director: Ann Lund (608) 743-7303,     |       |
|            | alund@janesville.k12.wi.us                     |       |
+------------+------------------------------------------------+-------+
| *** ***    | ***Total FY 2004 Funds for New ERF Awards***   | ***   |
|            |                                                | \$90, |
|            |                                                | 524,0 |
|            |                                                | 09*** |
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