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American Rescue Plan (ARPA) Chart for Formula Grants

For the main non-competitive ARPA Formula Grant page, with the grant requirements and application, click here. The ARPA Formula Grant Application is now available online.

To learn more:

View the recording and presentation slides of the updated NLC ARPA Formula Grants Q&A Session, held on November 15, 2021.

View the recording and presentation slides of the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Formula Grants - Overview and Q&A webinar, held on July 13, 2021.

SUMMARY

In order to be eligible for fund distribution, public libraries must be legally established and meet statutory requirements. Generally, see Neb. Rev. Stat. 51-201, Neb. Rev. Stat. 51-202, and Neb. Rev. Stat. 51-203. Libraries must submit an application before the deadline (December 31, 2021). The formula for public and tribal libraries is a base amount of $3,750, plus a per capita amount of .275 per capita. The formula for institutional libraries is a base amount of $1,500, plus a per capita payment of $2.50 per capita (based on the average resident population). The following is a list of libraries and the funding amount they will receive if they meet the requirements and complete the application process (NOTE: If we've missed your library, and you are in fact a legally established Nebraska public, institutional, or tribal library, please contact us):  

City Library Name Formula Grant Allocation Application Status
Ainsworth Ainsworth Public Library $4,196 Paid
Albion Albion Public Library $4,186 Paid
Alexandria Tucker Memorial Library $3,797
Allen Springbank Township Library $3,846
Alliance Alliance Public Library $5,975 Paid
Alma Hoesch Memorial Public Library $4,064 Paid
Ansley Ansley Township Library $3,910 Paid
Arapahoe Arapahoe Public Library $4,018 Paid
Arcadia Arcadia Township Library $3,857 Paid
Arlington Arlington Public Library $4,112  Paid
Arnold Finch Memorial Library $3,906 Paid
Arthur Arthur County Library $3,877 Paid
Ashland Ashland Public Library $4,477 Paid
Atkinson Atkinson Public Library $4,088 Paid
Auburn Auburn Memorial Library $4,664 Paid
Aurora Alice M Farr Library $5,000 Paid
Axtell Axtell Public Library $4,000 Paid
Bancroft Bancroft Public Library $3,878 Paid
Bartley Bartley Public Library $3,824 Paid
Bassett Rock County Public Library $4,123 Paid
Battle Creek Lied Battle Creek Public Library $4,076 Paid
Bayard Bayard Public Library $4,048 Paid
Beatrice Beatrice Public Library $7,127 Paid
Beaver City Beaver City Public Library $3,908 Paid
Beaver Crossing Beaver Crossing Community Library $3,864 Paid
Beemer Karlen Memorial Library $3,930 Paid
Bellevue Bellevue Public Library $18,475 Paid
Benkelman Dundy County Library $4,216 Paid
Bennington Bennington Public Library $4,670 Paid
Big Springs Big Springs Public Library $3,854 Paid
Blair Blair Public Library & Technology Center $5,920 Paid
Bloomfield Bloomfield Public Library $4,009 Paid
Blue Hill Blue Hill Public Library $3,988 Paid
Brady Village of Brady Public Library $3,866
Bridgeport Bridgeport Public Library $4,155 Paid
Broadwater Broadwater Public Library $3,782 Paid
Broken Bow Broken Bow Public Library $4,712 Paid
Bruning Bruning Public Library $3,824  Paid
Burwell Garfield County Library $4,291 Paid
Byron Byron Public Library $3,772 Paid
Callaway Nigel Sprouse Memorial Library $4,080 Paid
Cambridge Butler Memorial Library $4,026 Paid
Campbell Campbell Public Library $3,833 Paid
Carroll Lied Carroll Library $3,809
Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Public Library $3,849 Paid
Central City Central City Public Library $4,540 Paid
Ceresco Ceresco Community Library $3,997 Paid
Chadron Chadron Public Library $5,238 Paid
Chappell Chappell Memorial Library & Art Gallery $3,983 Paid
Clarks Clarks Public Library $3,845 Paid
Clarkson Clarkson Public Library $3,924 Paid
Clay Center Clay Center Public Library $3,949 Paid
Clearwater Clearwater Public Library $3,860 Paid
Columbus Columbus Public Library $12,954 Paid
Comstock Comstock Township Library $3,774
Cozad Wilson Public Library $4,777 Paid
Crawford Crawford Public Library $4,006 Paid
Creighton Creighton Public Library $4,049 Paid
Crete Crete Public Library $5,677 Paid
Crofton Eastern Township Library $3,932 Paid
Culbertson Culbertson Public Library $3,904  Paid
Curtis Klyte Burt Memorial Library $3,994 Paid
Dakota City Dakota City Public Library $4,261 Paid
Dalton Dalton Public Library $3,826
Davenport Davenport Public Library $3,828 Paid
David City Hruska Memorial Public Library $4,534 Paid
Dawson John G Smith Memorial Library $3,787
Daykin Daykin Public Library $3,794
Deshler Jennifer Reinke Public Library $3,953
DeWitt Bob and Wauneta Burkley Library $3,887 Paid
Dodge John Rogers Memorial Library $3,913 Paid
Dorchester Dorchester Public Library $3,908
Douglas Douglas Public Library $3,799
Dwight Dwight Community Library $3,803
Elgin Elgin Public Library $3,920 Paid
Elm Creek Elm Creek Public Library $4,011  Paid
Elmwood Elmwood Public Library $3,932 Paid
Elwood Elwood Public Library $3,938 Paid
Emerson Emerson Public Library $3,968 Paid
Eustis Eustis Public Library $3,853
Ewing Ewing Township Library $3,852
Exeter Exeter Public Library $3,894  Paid
Fairbury Fairbury Public Library $4,747 Paid
Fairfield Fairfield Public Library $3,851 Paid
Fairmont Fairmont Public Library $3,892  Paid
Falls City Falls City Library & Arts Center $4,882 Paid
Farnam Farnam Public Library $3,795
Franklin Franklin Public Library $4,000 Paid
Fremont Keene Memorial Library $11,093 Paid
Friend Gilbert Public Library $4,015
Fullerton Fullerton Public Library $4,086 Paid
Geneva Geneva Public Library $4,324 Paid
Genoa Genoa Public Library $4,011 Paid
Gering Gering Public Library $5,985 Paid
Gibbon Gibbon Public Library $4,265 Paid
Giltner Giltner Public Library $3,851
Gordon Gordon City Library $4,168 Paid
Gothenburg Gothenburg Public Library $4,498 Paid
Grand Island Grand Island Public Library $17,848 Paid
Grant Hastings Memorial Library $4,057 Paid
Greeley Greeley Village Public Library $3,868
Greenwood Greenwood Public Library $3,914 Paid
Gresham Gresham Public Library $3,808
Gretna Gretna Public Library $5,141 Paid
Guide Rock Auld-Doudna Public Library $3,806 Paid
Harrison Sioux County Public Library $4,071 Paid
Hartington Hartington Public Library $4,153 Paid
Harvard Harvard Public Library $4,015
Hastings Hastings Public Library $12,375 Paid
Hastings Youth Rehabilitation Treatment Center $1,625 Paid
Hay Springs Cravath Memorial Library $3,899 Paid
Hayes Center Hayes Center Public Library $3,806 Paid
Hebron Hebron Secrest Library $4,155 Paid
Hemingford Hemingford Public Library $3,963 Paid
Hildreth Hildreth Public Library $3,847 Paid
Holdrege Holdrege Area Public Library $6,234 Paid
Hooper Hooper Public Library $3,980 Paid
Howells Howells Public Library $3,905  Paid
Humboldt Bruun Memorial Library $3,973 Paid
Humphrey Humphrey Public Library $3,975 Paid
Hyannis Grant County Library $3,921 Paid
Imperial Lied Imperial Public Library $4,315 Paid
Indianola Indianola Public Library $3,901 Paid
Jackson Jackson Public Library $3,806
Kearney Kearney Public Library $13,036  Paid
Kearney Youth Rehabilitation Treatment Center $1,625 Paid
Kearney Central Nebraska Veteran's Home $2,000 Paid
Kimball Kimball Public Library $4,403 Paid
La Vista La Vista Public Library $8,472 Paid
Laurel Laurel Community Learning Center $4,002 Paid
Leigh Leigh Public Library $3,865 Paid
Lewellen Lewellen Public Library $3,805 Paid
Lexington Lexington Public Library $6,532  Paid
Lincoln Lincoln City Libraries $91,500 Paid
Lincoln Lincoln Regional Center $2,125 Paid
Lincoln Lincoln Correctional Center/Diagnostic Center $4,045 Paid
Lincoln Nebraska State Penitentiary $4,903 Paid
Litchfield Litchfield Public Library $3,818
Lodgepole Nancy Fawcett Memorial Library $3,826 Paid
Louisville Louisville Public Library $4,109 Paid
Loup City Loup City Public Library $4,575 Paid
Lyman Lyman Public Library $3,839
Lynch Lynch Public Library $3,811 Paid
Lyons Lyons Public Library $3,970  Paid
Madison Madison Public Library $4,408 Paid
Mason City Sunshine Township Library $3,833
McCook McCook Public Library $5,829 Paid
McCook Work Ethic Camp $1,963 Paid
Mead Mead Public Library $3,906  Paid
Meadow Grove Meadow Grove Public Library $3,829 Paid
Merna Brenizer Public Library $3,850 Paid
Milford Webermeier Memorial Library $4,325 Paid
Milligan Milligan Public Library $3,823 Paid
Minatare Minatare Public Library $3,967 Paid
Minden Jensen Memorial Library $4,561 Paid
Mitchell Mitchell Public Library $4,196
Morrill Morrill Public Library $3,994 Paid
Mullen Hooker County Library $3,938 Paid
Naper Naper Public Library $3,771
Nebraska City Morton-James Public Library $5,755 Paid
Neligh Neligh Public Library $4,163 Paid
Nelson Nelson Public Library $3,872 Paid
Newman Grove Newman Grove Public Library $3,943  Paid
Niobrara Niobrara Public Library $3,843 Paid
Norfolk Norfolk Public Library $10,473 Paid
Norfolk Norfolk Regional Center $1,800 Paid
Norfolk Norfolk Veteran's Home $1,830 Paid
North Bend North Bend Public Library $4,099  Paid
North Loup North Loup Township Library $3,831
North Platte North Platte Public Library $13,351 Paid
Oakdale Lois Johnson Memorial Library $3,831 Paid
Oakland Oakland Public Library $4,074 Paid
Oconto Oconto Public Library $3,790
Ogallala Kathleen Lute Public Library $4,987 Paid
Omaha Omaha Public Library $156,263 Paid
Omaha Correctional Youth Facility $1,660 Paid
Omaha Omaha Correctional Center $3,445 Paid
O'Neill O'Neill Public Library $4,734  Paid
Orchard Orchard Public Library $3,845 Paid
Ord Ord Township Library $4,414 Paid
Orleans Cordelia B Preston Memorial Library $3,852 Paid
Osceola Osceola Public Library $3,982 Paid
Oshkosh Oshkosh Public Library $3,964  Paid
Osmond Osmond Public Library $3,956 Paid
Overton Overton Community Library $3,906
Oxford Oxford Public Library $3,952 Paid
Palisade Palisade Public Library $3,841 Paid
Palmer Palmer Public Library $3,878 Paid
Palmyra Palmyra Memorial Library $3,905 Paid
Papillion Papillion Public Library $9,380 Paid
Pawnee City Pawnee City Public Library $3,979 Paid
Paxton Paxton Public Library $3,885 Paid
Pender House Memorial Library $4,055 Paid
Petersburg Petersburg Public Library $3,836 Paid
Pierce Lied Pierce Public Library $4,225 Paid
Pilger Pilger Public Library $3,848  Paid
Plainview Plainview Public Library $4,078 Paid
Plattsmouth Plattsmouth Public Library $5,521 Paid
Plymouth Plymouth Public Library $3,854 Paid
Polk Polk Public Library $3,834 Paid
Ponca Ponca Carnegie Library $4,001 Paid
Potter Potter Public Library $3,830 Paid
Primrose Primrose Public Library $3,766
Ralston Baright Public Library $6,183 Paid
Randolph Lied Randolph Public Library $3,995 Paid
Ravenna Ravenna Public Library $4,123 Paid
Red Cloud Auld Public Library $4,002  Paid
Rising City Rising City Community Library $3,884 Paid
Rushville Rushville Public Library $3,992
Saint Edward St Edward Public Library $3,931 Paid
Saint Paul St Paul Public Library $4,392 Paid
Sargent Sargent Township Library $3,982 Paid
Schuyler Schuyler Public Library $5,483 Paid
Scotia Scotia Public Library & Heritage Center $3,829 Paid
Scottsbluff Lied Scottsbluff Public Library $7,756 Paid
Scribner Scribner Public Library $3,970 Paid
Seward Seward Memorial Library $5,734 Paid
Shelby Shelby Community Library $3,943 Paid
Shelton Shelton Public Library $4,040 Paid
Shickley Virgil Biegert Public Library $3,838 Paid
Shubert Shubert Public Library $3,788
Sidney Sidney Public Library $6,200 Paid
Silver Creek Silver Creek Township Library $3,912
Snyder Snyder Public Library $3,829 Paid
South Sioux City South Sioux City Public Library $7,272 Paid
Spalding Spalding Public Library $3,871 Paid
Spencer Spencer Township Library $3,913
Springfield Springfield Memorial Library $4,197 Paid
Springview Keya Paha County Library $3,972 Paid
Stanton Stanton Public Library $4,163 Paid
Stapleton Logan County Library $3,956 Paid
Stella Stella Community Library $3,789
Sterling Sterling Public Library $3,876 Paid
Stratton Stratton Public Library $3,839 Paid
Stromsburg Stromsburg Public Library $4,063 Paid
Stuart Stuart Township Library $3,911 Paid
Superior Superior Public Library $4,247 Paid
Sutherland Maxine White-Sutherland Public Library $4,113 Paid
Sutton Sutton Memorial Library $4,144 Paid
Syracuse Syracuse Public Library $4,289
Table Rock Table Rock Public Library $3,820
Taylor Taylor Public Library $3,933 Paid
Tecumseh Tecumseh Public Library $4,186
Tecumseh Tecumseh State Correctional Facility $4,100 Paid
Tekamah Lied Tekamah Public Library $4,220 Paid
Thedford Thomas County Library $3,949 Paid
Tilden Raymond A Whitwer Tilden Public Library $4,006 Paid
Trenton Trenton Public Library $3,897 Paid
Ulysses Ulysses Township Library $3,883 Paid
Unadilla Unadilla Community Library $3,839
Valentine Valentine Public Library $5,314 Paid
Valley Valley Public Library $4,646 Paid
Valparaiso Valparaiso Public Library $3,899 Paid
Verdigre Verdigre Public Library $3,895 Paid
Verdon Village of Verdon Library $3,793
Wahoo Wahoo Public Library $5,001 Paid
Wakefield Gardner Public Library $4,125 Paid
Wallace Faith Memorial Library $3,845 Paid
Walthill Walthill Public Library $3,969 Paid
Waterloo Agnes Robinson Waterloo Public Library $4,102 Paid
Wauneta Wauneta Public Library $3,903 Paid
Wausa Lied Lincoln Township Library $3,946 Paid
Wayne Wayne Public Library $5,307 Paid
Weeping Water Weeping Water Public Library $4,051 Paid
West Point John A Stahl Library $4,653 Paid
Western Struckman-Baatz Public Library $3,814 Paid
Wilber Dvoracek Memorial Library $4,259 Paid
Wilcox Wilcox Public Library $3,845
Wilsonville Wilsonville Public Library $3,774 Paid
Winnebago Little Priest Tribal College & Winnebago Public Library $3,966 Paid
Winside Lied Winside Public Library $3,860 Paid
Wisner Wisner Public Library $4,072 Paid
Wood River Maltman Memorial Public Library $4,119 Paid
Wymore Wymore Public Library $4,117 Paid
York Kilgore Memorial Library $5,908 Paid
York Correctional Center for Women $2,308 Paid
Yutan Yutan Public Library $4,110 Paid

For more information, contact Sam Shaw.