A Community Forum to be offered for ‘Education and Community Development’ Grant Program, April 30, 2007


3/20/2007 11:06:25 AM


Grant awards range from $3,100 to $30,000 for organizations and individual artists

BROWARD COUNTY, FL – Broward County Commission’s Cultural Division will offer a Community Forum, to aid applicants for the Education and Community Development (ECD) grant program on Monday, April 30, 10 am – 12 noon, in the Main Library, Room A/B, 100 S. Andrews Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.

The grant program supports arts education collaborations that promote skills, knowledge, and an appreciation of the arts. Projects occurring in low-income communities are encouraged to apply.

This forum will give grantees, applicants and other community art stakeholders, the opportunity to discuss current issues related to the application and management process of the Education and Community Development grant program. Agenda items will include: how have revisions to the ECD grant guidelines improved the grant application and management process; what additional changes to the guidelines will further improve the grant application and management process; and an open discussion of participants’ concerns.

Grant awards range from $3,100 to $30,000. Eligible applicants include Broward County public entities – cities, towns, public libraries, Native-American nations, Broward County not-for-profit, cultural organizations, and qualified individual artists from Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, or Monroe counties. The application deadline is December 1, 2007, for projects running from October 1, 2008 – September 30, 2009.

Organizations looking to develop arts education programs should attend the forum even if they are not eligible to apply. The forum will teach about the necessary collaborations for submitting an eligible application.

For further information, please call Patricia Zeiler, arts education assistant at 954-357-8010 or e-mail pzeiler@broward.org. To RSVP, go to www.broward.org/arts and click on ‘workshops.’


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