 Even
Start Family Literacy Program
The purpose of Even Start Family Literacy is
to help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by improving
the educational opportunities of low-income families through
the integration of the following four components into a unified
family literacy program for parents and children, primarily
from birth through age 7.
- Childhood Education (age-appropriate education to prepare
children for success in school and life experiences),
- Adult Literacy (parent literacy training that leads to
economic self-sufficiency),
- Parenting Education (training for parents regarding how
to be the primary teacher for their children and full partners
in the education of their children), and
- Interactive literacy activities between parents and their
children.
All four of these components must be present in each Even
Start program in order to meet the goals of the program, which
are to:
- help parents improve their literacy or basic educational
skills,
- help parents become full partners in educating their children,
and
- assist children in reaching their full potential as learners.
Request for Proposals (RFP)
FY 09 Even Start RFP
Continuation Applications and Attachments
FY 09 Continuation
Application 
FY
09 Attachments
FY 09 Continuation
Grant Agreement 
Note: The information for Appendix A is the Performance
Indicators below.
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Performance Indicators
Budget
FY 08 Budget
Forms
FY 08 Even Start
Budget Amendment Grant Agreement
FY 08 Budget
Worksheet
Frequently Asked
Questions
Evaluation
FY 08 Evaluation Report
Format
Guidelines for
Local Evaluation
Self Review/Monitoring
FY 08 Self
Review/Monitoring Form
Projects
FY 08 Projects
Even Start Facts
FY 07 Illinois Even Start
FY 07 Illinois Even
Start Description
FY 06 Illinois Even Start
FY 06 Illinois Even
Start Description
FY 05 Illinois
Even Start
FY 04 Illinois
Even Start
Resources
Partnership
for Reading - Early Childhood Resources
Even Start
Quality Considerations
Even
Start Program Self-Assessment
Federal
Definition of Family Literacy
Definition
of Illinois Family Literacy Programming
Family
Literacy Assessment for Illinois Results (FLAIR)
U.S.
Department of Education - Even Start
National Center for Family
Literacy
National Even Start Association
ICCB
Adult Education & Family Literacy
Illinois
Migrant Education Even Start
Illinois
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