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Connecticut Community Foundation, in cooperation with the League of Women Voters of Connecticut,  is offering grants of up to $2,000 for communities to have public forums about early childhood education. Community Conversations are opportunities for residents to discuss issues affecting preschool children in their communities. During the conversations, trained moderators will present topics to participants and guide small group discussions. The League of Women Voters trains the organizers and moderators, and funding from the Community Foundation covers incidental costs. The deadline to apply is Oct. 27. Grants are available to organizations in Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Cheshire, Goshen, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Milford, Oxford, Prospect, Roxbury, Southbury, Thomaston, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott and Woodbury. Applications are available online at www.conncf.org. For more information, contact Carol O’Donnell at 203-753-1315 or codonnell@conncf.org.

   Community Conversations is a program of LitLinks, a grant-making initiative of the Connecticut Community Foundation to strengthen early childhood literacy skills in the region. The initiative supports two programs: Community Conversations and Motheread/Fatheread, a reading program for parents of young children.

   Founded in Waterbury in 1923, Connecticut Community Foundation serves 21 towns in the Central Naugatuck Valley and Litchfield Hills, an area reaching from New Milford to Cheshire and from Goshen to Oxford. The Community Foundation provides services to donors, grants and organizational support to nonprofit organizations, and scholarships to students. These services are supported by partnerships with private foundations and over 350 individual funds created by local donors.

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