doublematchinggrant

(updated 6/19/11)
 * Please click on the links below to access information about the CPS Dept of Libraries "Double Matching Grant" Opportunity **

(Information on requesting monies to be reinstated to your budget line for books that are backordered.)

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Frequently Asked Questions
The 2011 Title I - Double Matching Grant is a very special opportunity for librarians in Title I schools to update their central school library collections. **Get a __200%__ match on your school’s investment!** **This is a very rare opportunity.**

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000  $3,000 $6,000 $9,000  $4,000 $8,000 $12,000  $5,000 $10,000 $15,000
 * __Local Funds Expended__** __$$ **Double Matching Grant**__ **= __Total Library Resources!__**

· Rather than receiving a 1 to 1 match of local funds, your school can receive double! A $5,000 local investment can result in $15,000 worth of materials for your school library! · Computers, iPads, projection systems, document cameras, barcode scanners and more may be purchased with these funds. · Title I charter schools are eligible to apply for this grant.
 * //How is this grant different from other matching grants?//**

**F**requently **A**sked **Q**uestions

Anything beyond $1,000 may be submitted for this grant. P.O. # 42789 Books Are Us $3,000 ($2,000 eligible towards the school’s expenditures for the Double Matching Grant)
 * //Why does my school have to be a Title I school to apply?//** The funding that is making this grant possible is specifically tied to Title I funds for Title I schools.
 * //If I already won a matching grant in the Fall of 2010, may I apply for this grant too?//** Yes, if you are in a Title I school. If you defaulted on the Fall 2009 Matching Grant (by not filling out the final report or by filling it out improperly, etc.) you MAY NOT apply for this grant.
 * //If I applied for a Fall 2010 matching grant, but was not awarded a matching grant, may I use the P.O. images from my Fall 2010 matching grant application//**//?// Yes! Call your area library coordinator to make sure you P.O. Images were correct.
 * //If I won a matching grant in the Fall of 2010 and I am in a Title I school and want to apply for this Double grant, can I use the same P.O. images I submitted in the Fall or submit P.O. images from my matching grant money?//** It depends. Your school would need to spend additional local funds of $1,000 - $5,000 in order to apply for this grant. Submitting P.O. Images associated with the Fall Matching grant will be considered defaulting on your Fall grant and jeopardizing future grant eligibility **__UNLESS__** you received a matching grant in the Fall of 2010, and submitted a P.O. for more than $1,000, and need the balance to submit as your school’s expenditure towards this Double matching grant. Then, you may submit the same P.O. so that the balance of expenditures, minus the ($1,000), may be used to participate in this Double opportunity. Please make note of that on your cover page.
 * Example:** P.O. submitted for Fall grant in the amount of $3,000


 * //How can I increase my chances of being awarded a 2011 Double Matching Grant?//** The applications are due in only one month. Submit everything on time, with __correct__ P.O. Images. Please do not wait until the last minute to retrieve and print proper P.O. images. You should sit with your clerk or budget manager at his or her computer to retrieve the P.O. Images from Oracle, using the step by step instructions with screen samples. A link to the instructions is in the application. Your principal’s signature is needed on a page in your application – don’t wait until the last minute to get the signature. You will also need to estimate how much funding will be spent on technology and how much on book resources because the money is put in separate budget lines. The amount spent on each has no bearing at all on receiving a grant. Please don’t hesitate to contact your area library coordinator __early__ to ask questions, ensure that your P.O. images are correct, or determine your school’s eligibility. GSR mail run pickup and delivery schedules have been reduced. If there is any doubt, please bring in or send your Matching grant application with a responsible person, to the Dept. of Libraries at Medill, 1326 W. 14th Place, room 216, 8:30AM-4:30PM, Monday-Friday.

If your school is a Title I school and….. · If you received an opening day collection last year or this year, you MAY apply for this grant : )  · If you received an ABCs of Library Literacy grant last year or this year, you MAY apply for this grant : ) · If your school bought technology / computer hardware between __ July 2010 and March 23rd 2011__ and the technology is being housed and used in the library, you can use the purchase orders from those expenditures as your school’s part of the match. · You can only use Purchase Orders of items purchased for the library between __ July 2010 and March 23rd 2011__. · If you have a Parent Group or other group that raised $1,000 - $5,000 for your school library for your part of the match and you have a check, you can participate in this special opportunity ; you have to submit a copy of the check and a quote for what you are buying. The check and the quote amount have to match to the penny. Call Maria Rodriguez if you need more info. about this or other non-traditional P.O. Images. (773) 553-6222  - When you receive your grant monies, there is a new procedure for dealing with books that are backordered. So that you do not lose your funding, you should ask your clerk to cancel the appropriate lines. In addition, your clerk should notify your business center to have the monies reinstated to you, so you can order new materials quickly. · If you have any questions about what a purchase order image should look like, please see the step by step directions link with sample images embedded in the application. · If you are a staffed librarian with no central school library (due to overcrowding etc.), you are eligible to submit an application for the Double Matching grant. · If your school has more than one school library and each is staffed by a librarian, each librarian may apply for a Double matching grant. · P.O. Images for furniture, supplies and wiring may not be submitted. · Please contact your area library coordinator if you have any questions about this opportunity.

Strategic Source Vendors for Technology: @http://www.csc.cps.k12.il.us/purchasing/index.php@tab=3&id=52.htm