Announcing a NEW library
grant opportunity!
AUTISM WELCOME HERE: Library Programs, Services
and More Grant
www.librariesandautism.org/grant
Applications are now being accepted online. Submission deadline is December 1,
2015. For more information and details about this unique grant
opportunity please see: www.librariesandautism.org/grant
Each year, a total of $5,000.00 will be awarded. Depending on the applications
received, one grant for the full amount or multiple grants for smaller amounts
may be awarded. Any type of library can apply, and the proposal can fund
projects and services for any age group. Applicants may propose to initiate a
new, creative program or service, bring an already existing, successful program
or service to their library for the first time, or enhance a program or service
they already offer. All programs or services proposed must benefit people with
autism or their families, directly or indirectly. Funds may be used to hire a
trainer to present a workshop, to buy program materials, to pay for staff, etc.
Please direct any questions to Barbara Klipper: barbaraklipper.librarian@gmail.com.
Libraries and Autism: We’re Connected is honored and excited to be sponsoring
this new grant opportunity that honors the groundbreaking work of Libraries and
Autism co-founder Meg Kolaya for her contributions in promoting inclusion,
connecting libraries and the autism community, and bringing awareness of the
needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families to
the library community.
www.librariesandautism.org/grant
This grant is an outcome of the Illinois State Library’s broad and ambitious
project, Targeting Autism: A National Forum on Serving Library Patrons on the
Spectrum. The grant is funded by Barbara Klipper, retired librarian, consultant
and trainer, and the author of two important books, Programming for Children
and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ALA Editions, 2014) and The Secret
Rules of Social Networking (AAPC Publishing, 2015).
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