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.
| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grief 101: Improving Grief Literacy in our Community | Sharing Kindness, Inc. | At Sharing Kindness our tagline is "start the conversation". We want to have courageous and informed conversations about death and loss, about mental health and suicide, and about grief. Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor writes, "For as long as there have been human relationships, we have struggled with the overwhelming nature of grief following the death of a loved one". Our peer grief group participants share that they often feel unheard and unsupported in their grief - the result of a fairly grief illiterate society. We propose a partnership with our local… | Massachusetts | ||
| H.E.A.L.T.H. (Health Equity Access: Library Telehealth Hub) | Sacramento Public Library | The Sacramento Public Library, in partnership with HealthImpact, will station a private booth at one library location to be used for telehealth purposes. The booth will be equipped with wi-fi, a laptop, monitor, printer, additional lighting, webcam, and microphone to ensure high-quality video for virtual, private appointments with health professionals. Patrons can make an appointment with a Registered Nurse using Health Impact's telehealth platform. | California | ||
| Healing Conversations for the “Sick and Tired: ”Mental Health Information for the North Omaha Community | Creighton University | Fannie Lou Hamer famously stated that she was “sick and tired of being sick and tired,”referring tothe impact of racismthat she felt physically, mentally, spiritually, and politically. The proposed project, Healing Conversations for the “Sick and Tired:”Mental Health Information for the North Omaha Community, will engagean African American community in North Omaha in conversations about mental health and share authoritative mental health information from National Library of Medicine resources.The project is a unique partnership between the… | Nebraska | ||
| Health Education and Literacy (HEAL) Project | University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler - Watson W. Wise Medical Research Library | The Health Education and Literacy (HEAL) Project at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler aims to improve access to health information for rural and underserved communities in East Texas. The HEAL Project will have a specific emphasis on health equity using the REACH (Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Health) framework from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Giles et al., 2004). By creating and disseminating information with interactive components, the project seeks to remove barriers to reliable health information that impede health literacy,… | Texas | ||
| Health Education for the Community (HEC) | Taking Effective Action, Inc. | Taking Effective Action, Inc. (TEA) will carry out Health Education for the Community (HEC) with a goal to increase knowledge of health conditions affecting African American women, by teaching them where to find credible sources of health information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM). TEA will utilize its longstanding presence in Prince George’s County Maryland, Baltimore County Maryland and established relationships with faith-based and other community organizations to reach residents in this geographic area with emphasis on targeting African Americans. | Maryland |