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Lifting Infants and Toddlers through Language-rich Environments (LITTLE) Grants

DECAL will support infant and toddler providers across the state in implementing strong language and literacy instruction for children in the earliest –and most critical- years of life to advance the Governor’s goal of every child in Georgia reading on grade level by the end of third grade.

Child Care Learning Centers

The grants will support programs in fostering positive and responsive relationships between teachers and children and developing critical early language and literacy skills in children. Teachers and directors will gain increased knowledge and skills in developing and maintaining a social, emotional, and intellectual climate that supports child-initiated and child-pursued learning and the building and sustaining of positive relationships among adults and children.

  • LITTLE Grant Guidelines 2020 - 2021
  • 2020 LITTLE Amended Guidelines-3 month extension
  • 2020 LITTLE Amended Guidelines-6 month extension
  • LITTLE Grant Guidelines 2019 - 2020
  • Early Language and LIteracy Classroom Grant Guidelines 2018 - 2019
  • Early Language and Literacy Grant Kickoff Webinar
  • Early Language and LIteracy Classroom Grant Guidelines 2017- 2018

Family Child Care Learning Homes

The grants will support programs in fostering positive and responsive relationships between providers and children and developing critical early language and literacy skills in children. Providers will gain increased knowledge and skills in developing and maintaining a social, emotional, and intellectual climate that supports child-initiated and child-pursued learning and the building and sustaining of positive relationships with children.

  • FCCLH Grant Application 2021
  • FCCLH LITTLE Grant Guidelines 2021-2022
  • FCCLH LITTLE Grant Guidelines 2020-2021
  • FCCLH LITTLE Grant Guidelines 2019-2020

LITTLE in Action

  • Blossoming at The Family Tree
  • All Aboard at The Learning Station
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