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Reading is Fundamental
1825 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20009

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$25,000,000

LEGITIMATE USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS:

Funding will be used for purposes authorized in Section 5451 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.  Reading Is Fundamental enhances child literacy by providing millions of under-served children with free books for personal ownership and reading encouragement from the more than 18,000 locations throughout all fifty states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
 
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