The project, "Improving literacy outcomes for Samoan-Australian students in Logan City schools", was funded through the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) Literacy and Numeracy Innovative Projects Initiative: Round Three, in 2006. The project aligned strongly with two of the focus areas nominated for DEST's initiative. These were to: 婭plement stronger and better defined links between schools and their communities to improve literacy outcomes; and, 婤entify teaching/other support strategies to improve the performance of underachieving groups, as identified by the national benchmarks or other appropriate standards.