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2002
General Grants


Organization
Project Name / Purpose  Award  Duration
AC-ACLD/An Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities

AC-ACLD Summer Learning Centers Scholarship Fund — Scholarships for students in AC-ACLD’s summer intensive special education and remedial program.
$2,000
Two Months
       
Beginning with Books
Raising Readers Parents Clubs at Magee Women’s Hospital —Target “at risk” pregnant teens to promote positive parent-child interactions and children’s emotional and cognitive development through early literacy.
$12,500
One Year
       
Gwen’s Girls

Fiscal Agent: Hill House Association

Gwen’s Girls Mentoring Project — Program for girls ages 8 - 12.
$20,000

One Year
       
Neville Green
Neville Naturalists — A 9-week summer educational program for children ages 6-12 to promote awareness of environmental issues both locally and globally.
$4,000
Three Months
       
The Center that C.A.R.E.S. (Children/Adults Recreation/Education Services)
C.A.R.E.S. Reading & Technology Project — Literacy skill building and computer basic skills in a project based learning format.
$20,000
One Year
       
YMCA of Pittsburgh
Computers for Kids —Train technical students and mentors in elements of child development necessary for age-appropriate computer instruction and relationship-building with children.
$20,000
One Year