+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Gadsden City Board of Education          | AL      | \             |
|                                            |         | $1,895,395.00 |
| Project Name: Project SEES -- Start        |         |               |
| Education Early for Success                |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Charlotte Campbell       |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(256\) 549-2947                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Tehama County Department of Education    | CA      | \             |
|                                            |         | $2,202,738.00 |
| Project Name: The California Early Reading |         |               |
| and Literacy Project (CERLP)               |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Paula Brown-Almond       |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(530\) 528-7343                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Clayton College                          | CO      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,598,734.00 |
| Project Name: Project REAL: Results        |         |               |
| through Early Advantages in Learning       |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Chris Sciarrino          |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(303\) 355-4411                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| ## Bridgeport Public Schools               | CT      | \             |
|                                            |         | $2,888,208.00 |
| Project Name: Knowing Instruction Develops |         |               |
| Success (KIDS)                             |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Deborah P. Watson        |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(203\) 332-2830                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Bridges Public Charter School            | DC      | \             |
|                                            |         | $2,527,746.00 |
| Project Name: The Literacy Partnership     |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Carol Osborn             |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(703\) 753-9703                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Nova Southeastern University             | FL      | \             |
|                                            |         | $1,933,435.00 |
| Project Name: Prescription for Reading     |         |               |
| Excellence (Rx)                            |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Hilde Reno               |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(813\) 393-4451                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Talbot County Board of Education         | GA      | \             |
|                                            |         | $2,824,270.00 |
| Project Name: Talbot County Early Reading  |         |               |
| First (TCERF)                              |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Flora M. Lindsey         |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(706\) 665-8528                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # United Way of M                          | GA      | \             |
| etropolitan Atlanta -- Smart Start Georgia |         | $4,489,815.00 |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Name: Reinforce, Educate, and      |         |               |
| Develop Early Readers Successfully         |         |               |
| (READERS)                                  |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Sharen Hausmann          |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(404\) 527-7288                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Hull House Association                   | IL      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,188,611.00 |
| Project Name: The Hull House ERF Project   |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Barbara Becker           |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(312\) 235-5355                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Illinois Action for Children             | IL      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,203,051.00 |
| Project Name: Community Connections Early  |         |               |
| Reading First Program (CCERF)              |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Renne DeBerry            |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(773\) 697-6138                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| **The University of Illinois at Chicago -- | IL      | \             |
| College of Education Center for Literacy** |         | $2,733,637.00 |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Name: Charting a Course to         |         |               |
| Literacy (CCL)                             |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: William Teale            |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(312\) 996-4669                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| **Topeka Public Schools**                  | KS      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,342,279.00 |
| Project Name: Topeka Creating Access to    |         |               |
| Reading Excellence and Success (CARES)     |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Martina M. Thompson      |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(785\) 295-3095                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| **Waldo County Preschool & Family          | ME      | \             |
| Services**                                 |         | $3,118,048.00 |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Name: Supporting Preschoolers in   |         |               |
| Reading and Language Success (SPIRALS)     |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Ruth Southworth          |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(207\) 338-2200                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Johns Hopkins University                 | MD      | \             |
|                                            |         | $4,100,110.00 |
| Project Name: Johns Hopkins Language and   |         |               |
| Literacy Project (JHLLP)                   |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Barbara Wasik            |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(410\) 516-8815                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Little Sprouts Child Enrichment Centers  | MA      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,499,386.00 |
| Project Name: Project Sprout-Out           |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Meghan McGinley-Crowe    |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(978\) 683-3804                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Northwest Michigan Human Services Agency | MI      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,123,520.00 |
| Project Name: Kalkaska CARES -- Children   |         |               |
| Acquiring Reading Readiness Essential      |         |               |
| Skills                                     |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Marsh Miller             |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(231\) 947-3780                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Western Michigan University              | MI      | \$3,404,136   |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Name: I Can Read!                  |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Esther M. Newlin-Haus    |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(269\) 387-6864                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Independent Sch                          | MN      | \             |
| ool District #709 -- Duluth Public Schools |         | $4,408,617.00 |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Name: Duluth Head Start ERF        |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Marilyn Larson           |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(218\) 733-2084                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Saint Paul Public Schools                | MN      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,817,043.00 |
| Project Name: Saint Paul Public Schools'   |         |               |
| Project Early Reading First (Project ERF)  |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Ann Lovrien              |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(651\) 767-8127                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # B                                        | MO      | \$4,276,926   |
| oard of Education of the City of St. Louis |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Name: Early Reading First St.      |         |               |
| Louis (ERFSL)                              |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Nahid Nader-Hashemi      |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(314\) 345-4433                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+

+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Boone Early Childhood Partners           | MO      | \             |
|                                            |         | $2,706,477.00 |
| Project Name: RURAL Excellence --          |         |               |
| Readiness Umbrella for Reading and         |         |               |
| Language                                   |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Lana Poole               |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(573\) 884-1799                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Lorain City Schools                      | OH      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,265,856.00 |
| Project Name: Lorain's Centers for Early   |         |               |
| Literacy Excellence (LCELE)                |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Bonnie Strykowski        |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(440\) 233-2268                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Atoka Choctaw Headstart Center           | OK      | \             |
|                                            |         | $1,301,509.00 |
| Project Name: Project LEARN! -- Literacy   |         |               |
| and Excellence to Achieve \[school\]       |         |               |
| Readiness Now!                             |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Anita Zurline            |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(580\) 889-7054                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Heritage Health Foundation, Inc.         | PA      | \             |
|                                            |         | $1,887,754.00 |
| Project Name: Success Starts Early (SSE)   |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Barbara Willard          |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(412\) 351-0535                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13   | PA      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,080,059.00 |
| Project Name: Lebanon Early Reading First  |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Sandra Strunk            |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(717\) 569-7331                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # The Providence Plan                      | RI      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,659,640.00 |
| Project Name: Ready to Learn Providence    |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Joyce Butler             |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(401\) 490-9960                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Georgetown County United Way, Inc.       | SC      | \             |
|                                            |         | $2,650,870.00 |
| Project Name: Building Literacy            |         |               |
| Opportunities for Coastal Kindergartens    |         |               |
| (BLOCK)                                    |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Pat Strickland           |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(843\) 546-6317                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Knox County Schools                      | TN      | \             |
|                                            |         | $1,450,080.00 |
| Project Name: The Literacy Environment     |         |               |
| Enrichment Project (LEEP)                  |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Marilyn Davidson         |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(865\) 594-1802                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Sou                                      | TX      | \             |
| th San Antonio Independent School District |         | $4,500,000.00 |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Name: Ready to Read, Preparing to  |         |               |
| Lead                                       |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Mourette Hodge           |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(210\) 977-7125                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Rural Utah Child Development             | UT      | \             |
|                                            |         | $3,947,241.00 |
| Project Name: Rural Utah's Central and     |         |               |
| Eastern Centers of Early Childhood         |         |               |
| Excellence (RUC3E3)                        |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Maria Snyder             |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(928\) 697-3148                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Virginia Commonwealth University         | VA      | \             |
|                                            |         | $4,471,558.00 |
| Project Name: Richmond's Partnership for   |         |               |
| Excellence in Early Language and Literacy  |         |               |
| Skills (PEELLS)                            |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Joan A. Rhodes           |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(804\) 712-3359                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+
| # Milwaukee Public Schools                 | WI      | \             |
|                                            |         | $4,190,467.00 |
| Project Name: Building Blocks to Literacy  |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| Project Director: Sandra Ivers             |         |               |
|                                            |         |               |
| \(414\) 475-8094                           |         |               |
+--------------------------------------------+---------+---------------+