A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Promising Initiatives
To Improve Education
In Your Community

A Guide to Selected
U.S. Department of Education
Grant Programs and
Funding Opportunities

U.S. Department of Education
Richard W. Riley
Secretary

Office of the Secretary
Terry Peterson
Counselor to the Secretary

Susan Frost
Senior Advisor to the Secretary

February 2000

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