Local Service Initiative Grants

LOCAL SERVICE INITIATIVE GRANTS
[SOURCE: Corporation for Public Broadcasting]
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced the first round of recipients of CPB's Local Service Initiative Matching Grant Program. The Local Service Initiative is designed to provide seed money for the development of new or significantly enhanced public service initiatives aligned with a station's strategic plan. Funding for this initiative will support projects that strengthen the stations' role and relevance in their communities over the long term and also increase the public's awareness of the station's local service. Local Service Initiative Grant Recipients: Vegas PBS: Keeping Kids Fit ($200,000); Alabama Public Television, Arkansas Educational Television Network, the Kentucky Network and Maryland Public Television: STEM Collaborative ($800,000); WGBY: Latino Youth Media Project ($106,800); and Nashville Public Television: Next Door Neighbors ($200,000).
http://www.cpb.org/pressroom/release.php?prn=621