<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">This is good news for areas in the state that struggle with poverty:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">

<blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(93,76,71)">The BUILD Initiative - Boston, MA</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(93,76,71)"><br>

Award: $314,884<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(93,76,71)">A cooperative agreement between IMLS and the BUILD Initiative will create deliberate and mutually beneficial connections between the efforts of museums and libraries and those of early childhood systems’ builders to support the growth and development of children from birth to age eight, with an emphasis on children from birth to age five. The partnership will build relationships across the fields/sectors and embed connections in ways that can be replicated and sustained. All objectives will be achieved through engagement with library, museum and early learning leaders in five pilot states: Arizona, Georgia,<b> Michigan</b>, Pennsylvania and Washington.</span></p>

</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><br><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><br>Christine Lind Hage,</font></span><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">President, United for Libraries<br>

</font><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font>Library Director, Rochester Hills Public Library<br>500 Olde Towne Road<br>Rochester, MI 48307-2043<br>248/650-7122</font></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font><br>

</font></span></div><div><p>Raising a reader is: <span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Talking </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">* </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Singing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> * </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,112,192);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Reading </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">* </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,48,160);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Writing</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> * </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(227,108,10);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Playing</span></p>

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