The Delaware Center for Civics Education (DCCE), housed within UD’s Institute for Public Administration (IPA), serves as a key local partner in Delaware's Literacy for We the People project, which recently secured significant federal funding to advance evidence-based literacy instruction integrated with civics and history. This funding was awarded to the Delaware Department of Education (DDOE) in the form of an $8.7 million grant through the U.S. Department of Education’s Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program. EIR is an initiative offering highly competitive federal grants that support evidence-based solutions to persistent education challenges, as part of a $256 million national investment. This investment will fund 24 new EIR projects in fiscal year 2025. Through this program, 10 awards were presented to state education agencies, marking the most significant number of state-led awards in its history. DDOE will coordinate nationally with the Center for Civic Education in Washington, D.C., and collaborate with its longstanding local partners at DCCE.