Public Information and Communication
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 23, 2022
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Sally Snyder
402-471-4003
800-307-2665
Nebraska Library Commission Awards Grants for Youth Library Service
The Nebraska Library
Commission recently awarded $115,466 in grants for Excellence in Youth
service. Of the grants awarded to seventy-eight Nebraska libraries, several
addressed the need for educational programs, furniture for children’s and
teen spaces, book kits, and materials like
LEGO®, STEAM, and other activities to encourage creativity
in young people.
The Nebraska Library Commission congratulates all the libraries who received
grants as they develop new and innovative programs to ensure excellence in
library service for Nebraska young people. You can find the full list of
grant recipients on the
Nebraska Library Commission grants database.
Proposals include:
·
Coding clubs
·
STEAM programing
and materials
·
Book club
activities
·
Creative writing
projects
·
Afterschool
programing
·
Summer Reading
programs
·
Music and movement
class
·
New furniture for
children’s and teen spaces
·
Makerspace items
for children/youth
·
Builders' Club with
Lego
·
1000 Books Before
Kindergarten
Youth Grants for Excellence are made available by the Nebraska Library
Commission with funding provided from the
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the federal stimulus bill passed by
Congress, as administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS). The Nebraska Library Commission has received a one-time award of
$2,422,166. A portion of this funding was allocated for the
Youth Grants for Excellence.
As the state library agency, the Nebraska Library Commission is an advocate
for the library and information needs of all Nebraskans. The mission of the
Library Commission is statewide promotion, development, and coordination of
library and information services, “bringing together people and
information.”
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always available on the Library Commission Website,
http://nlc.nebraska.gov/publications/newsreleases
.