Please see below from ALA.

For Immediate Release
Mon, 07/06/2015

Contact:

Sarah Ostman

Communications Manager

ALA Public Programs Office

312-280-5061

CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office invites libraries to apply for the Great Stories Club, a reading and discussion program for at-risk teens.

Eligible libraries are located within or working in partnership with organizations that serve at-risk youth, such as alternative high schools, juvenile justice organizations, homeless shelters, foster care agencies, teen parenting programs, residential treatment facilities and other nonprofit and community agencies. Up to 50 grants will be awarded.

Working with small groups of six to 10 teens, grantees will host reading and discussion events for each of three selected book titles. The titles — selected in consultation with librarian advisors and humanities scholars — are chosen to resonate with reluctant readers struggling with complex issues like incarceration, violence and poverty.

Visit https://apply.ala.org/gscmedia for full guidelines and to apply online. Applications are due Sept. 15.

Karren Reish

Library Grants Coordinator

Library of Michigan

517-241-0021

517-373-5700 f

reishk@michigan.gov