+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| # Applicant Name                            | *Ap     | # Fede      |
|                                             | plicant | ral Funding |
|                                             | State*  |             |
|                                             |         | *Three Year |
|                                             |         | Amount*     |
+=============================================+=========+=============+
| Butte County Office of Education            | CA      | \$3,532,656 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: SPARKLE Project - Student     |         |             |
| Pre-K Acquisition of Reading Knowledge and  |         |             |
| Language Excellence                         |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Heather Senske            |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(530\) 532-5763                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Imperial County Office of Education      | CA      | \$3,425,061 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Ready to Read Plus            |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Antonia Zupanich          |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(760\) 312-6533                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Oakland Unified School District          | CA      | \$3,967,979 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Smart Start Early Learning    |         |             |
| Program                                     |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Lynne Rodezno             |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(510\) 879-8328                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Oxnard School District                   | CA      | \$1,733,892 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: ERF OSD Early Literacy        |         |             |
| Project                                     |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Diane Wallace             |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(805\) 487-3918 ext. 202                   |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Riverside County Office of Education     | CA      | \$3,298,475 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Project READ                  |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Raul Anthony Garcia       |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(951\) 826-4848                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| **Catholic Charities, Inc. -- Archdiocese   | CT      | \$3,113,058 |
| of Hartford**                               |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Connecticut is Reading First  |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Debbie Plourde            |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(203\) 235-2507                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| Eastern Connecticut State University        | CT      | \$1,409,697 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Community Partners for Early  |         |             |
| Literacy                                    |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Maureen Ruby              |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(860\) 465-0659                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| Waterbury School District                   | CT      | \$3,111,516 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: WE Read First                 |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Paul Sequeira             |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(203\) 574-8005                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## A                                        | DC      | \$4,341,750 |
| ppleTree Institute for Education Innovation |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: DC Partnership for Early      |         |             |
| Literacy                                    |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Mary Anne Lesiak          |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(202\) 488-3990                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Hope Community Charter School            | DC      | \$2,980,010 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: DC Early Success              |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Nicol Christie            |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(202\) 628-8848 ext. 134                   |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## The Committee for Academic Excellence    | FL      | \$3,164,998 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: LASER CAERS (Collaboration in |         |             |
| Achieving Early Reading Success)            |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Candice Harris            |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(813\) 698-6360                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## The School Board of Broward County       | FL      | \$4,022,728 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Building Language and         |         |             |
| Literacy                                    |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Claudia Dean              |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(754\) 321-1952                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Wilkinson County Schools                 | GA      | \$4,396,871 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Great Beginnings              |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Barbara Lundy             |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(478\) 946-4225                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Des M                                    | IA      | \$4,308,288 |
| oines Independent Community School District |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Preparing Early Readers for   |         |             |
| Kindergarten (PERK)                         |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Nancy Duey                |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(515\) 242-7588                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## University of Illinois at Chicago        | IL      | \$3,791,672 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Achieving Preschool Language  |         |             |
| and Literacy Excellence (APPLE)             |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: William Teale             |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(312\) 413-1423                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| Louisiana State University                  | LA      | \$3,607,577 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Project Recovery              |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Renée Casbergue           |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(225\) 578-6660                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## University of Southern Maine             | ME      | \$4,633,101 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Early Literacy for Every      |         |             |
| Child                                       |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Susan Reed                |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(207\) 780-5825                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| Education Development Center                | MA      | \$2,766,184 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: LEADER - Lowell's Enhanced    |         |             |
| Approach for Developing Early Readers       |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Sheila Skiffington        |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(617\) 969-7100                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Grea                                     | MA      | \$3,976,257 |
| ter Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc. |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: EStRELLA - Early Steps        |         |             |
| towards Reading, Education, Language &      |         |             |
| Literacy Acquisition                        |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Gayle Williams            |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(978\) 681-4996                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| **Grand Rapids Community College**          | MI      | \$4,494,866 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: EARLY -- Early Accent on      |         |             |
| Reading and Learning for Young Children     |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Rebecca Brinks            |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(616\) 234-4804                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Western Michigan University              | MI      | \$4,024,946 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Promising Beginnings          |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Esther Newlin-Haus        |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(269\) 387-0728                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| Rocky Boy School Districts 87-J&L           | MT      | \$2,251,690 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Rocky Boy Preschool Literacy  |         |             |
| Acquisition Coalition                       |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Voyd St. Pierre           |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(406\) 395-4291                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Addison Central School District          | NY      | \$2,769,345 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: BLAST Off-- Build Literacy    |         |             |
| Awareness, Skills, and Training             |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Deborah Flint             |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(607\) 359-2261                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| **North Dakota Department of Public         | ND      | \$5,601,655 |
| Instruction**                               |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: MiND PLACE -- Minot, North    |         |             |
| Dakota Preschool Literacy Acquisition       |         |             |
| Collaborative for Education                 |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Gail Schauer              |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(701\) 328-2285                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc.  | OK      | \$3,930,569 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Project HOPE -- Helping       |         |             |
| Oklahoma Preschoolers Excel                 |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Ruthie Tate               |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(580\) 326-3351                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| School District of Lancaster                | PA      | \$2,781,482 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Lancaster Early Reading First |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Traci Scott               |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(717\) 291-6264                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## The School District of Edgefield County  | SC      | \$3,948,791 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: PEACH -- Partnership for      |         |             |
| Educational Achievement in Centers and      |         |             |
| Homes                                       |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Bridget Creel Clark       |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(803\) 275-1755                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Hamilton County Department of Education  | TN      | \$3,938,734 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Great Beginnings Early        |         |             |
| Literacy Initiative                         |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Brenda Benford            |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(423\) 209-8563                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Vanderbilt University                    | TN      | \$3,421,324 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Enhanced Language and         |         |             |
| Literacy Success (ELL Success)              |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: David Dickinson           |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(615\) 343-4792                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Virginia Commonwealth University         | VA      | \$4,492,920 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Supporting and Ensuring Early |         |             |
| Language and Literacy Success (SEELLS)      |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Christopher Chin          |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(804\) 828-9942                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+
| ## Marquette University                     | WI      | \$4,034,108 |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Name: Wisconsin Reading Acquisition |         |             |
| Program                                     |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| Project Director: Maura Moyle               |         |             |
|                                             |         |             |
| \(414\) 288-1408                            |         |             |
+---------------------------------------------+---------+-------------+