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CTA Organizing Grants Local leaders can apply for CTA Organizing Grants to help organizing efforts in your locals. Visit cta.org/localgrants to learn more. Among the grants: • Local President Release Time grants provide release time to local union presidents to lead and carry out a site-based organizing program within their chapter. • Planning grants provide financial resources to local chapters to support the development of a strategic organizing and member engagement plan as part of the CTA Organizing Plan. • Site Visit grants cover release time for locals to conduct site visits; these visits should center around local priorities such as asking members to join the union, preparing for bargaining and organizing to win a strong contract, school board elections, a community schools campaign, etc. NEA Local President Release Grant: Deadline Jan. 20, 2025 The NEA Local President Release Grant provides financial assistance toward the full- or part-time release of chapter presidents to build and strengthen the association from the grassroots. This NEA pro- gram is independent of the CTA Local Presidents Release Time for Organizing Program. Locals with 200+ members are eligible for the grant. The chapter 's current budget needs to sustain their share of the program's cost without impairing existing programs and chapters need to plan to par- ticipate for a three-year, nonrenewable period which is subject to annual evaluation. The cost is shared between NEA, CTA and the local. For more informa- tion and to apply, visit nea.org/resource-library/ c4o-local-president-release-grant. Teachers Battle for Basics Fresno Teachers Association stepped up to buy educators tissues for their classrooms after the district denied this basic supply: 35 J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 5 A