This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
For awards made during the previous NNLM award period (May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2021) please visit Past Funded Projects.
To browse our open funding opportunities please visit Funding Opportunities.
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| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date Sort ascending | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y5 Express Hope and Healing: A Monthly Book Series on Hope and Positive Psychology | DANIEL BOONE REGIONAL LIBRARY | The Daniel Boone Regional Library (DBRL) proposes a six-month intergenerational program series from October 2025 through February 2026. This program will use a range of readings, including both fiction and nonfiction, to facilitate conversations around hope, positive psychology, and personal connections as tools for mental and emotional well-being for the public and library staff. We will kick off the programming with an event for library staff, to introduce the initiative and NNLM resources (including the Book Club) and to invite them to participate by reading the books and… | Missouri | ||
| Y5 Health Outreach Healthy Choices, Healthy Community: Empowering and Engaging Wyandotte County through Artistic Expression | Unified Government of Wyandotte County | The ''Healthy Choices, Healthy Community: Empowering and Engaging Wyandotte County through Artistic Expression" project seeks a $24,888 grant to engage the local community in education regarding prevention and positive health behaviors through an art contest to create a 2026 health department calendar. In partnership with the local public library system, the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library (KCKPL), the project will distribute art kits and materials to participants, inviting them to submit artwork inspired by themes of health promotion, such as healthy nutrition,… | Kansas | ||
| Y5 What do you do when an emergency strikes? Understanding how to act in high-stress situations. | This project includes the development of interactive training modules for Adult Basic Education students as well as Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Trusted Messengers (community leaders with the capacity to influence health in their roles, which may include a broad range of human service providers). The modules will focus on learning about handling emergencies (e.g., 911 calls) and role-play situations to prepare them for high-stress and catastrophic situations. In addition, students will understand when to use urgent care, emergency care, ambulance services, telehealth, 911,… | ||||
| Y5 Outreach We are One - Somos Uno | Alliance for Progress | The “We are One”-“Somos Uno” project will address health literacy and access in the community to resources in the Network of the National Libraries of Medicine (NNLM) databases in the greater Dallas-Ft. Worth area. The “We are One”-“Somos Uno” project will leverage the Alliance for Progress current health education outreach efforts and our trusted position in the community to promote the NLM databases and other trustable web resources. Project staff will work closely with NNLM Region 3 to more meaningfully integrate NLM resources and will participate in relevant NNLM trainings to… | Texas | ||
| Health Hub @ Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library | Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library | The Port Chester-Rye Brook (PCRB) Public Library plans to set up a publicly accessible Health Hub, a laptop in an enclosed space designed with soundproofing technology that dampens inside and outside sound by at least 30 decibels. The Health Hub will accommodate telehealth visits, health workforce educational initiatives, and health information searching for a diverse patron base. The percentage of people who identify as Hispanic or Latino in Port Chester is 104% higher than the state average and the poverty rate 22% higher than the nationwide average of 11.5%. Only 79% of Port… | New York |