  We report on recent progress in the search for dark matter particles with
masses from 1 MeV to 1 GeV. Several dark matter candidates in this mass range
are expected to generate measurable electronic-recoil signals in
direct-detection experiments. We focus on dark matter particles scattering with
electrons in semiconductor detectors since they have fundamentally the highest
sensitivity due to their low ionization threshold. Charge-coupled device (CCD)
silicon detectors are the leading technology, with significant progress
expected in the coming years. We present the status of the CCD program and
briefly report on other efforts.
