(WAND) - Local libraries will be receiving money as part of the $28 million in library and literacy grants being awarded by Secretary of State and State Librarian Alexi Giannoulias.
$22 million of that will go to library services, and $6 million will go towards supporting literacy programs throughout the state.
The grants for library services include funding to enhance online catalogues, support day-to-day operations, expand interlibrary loan programs and equip vision-impaired individuals with narrations of newspaper content. The literacy grants are designed to promote basic reading, math, writing and English language skills.
“Equipping our libraries with the resources they need to increase services and expand offerings is essential to enhancing the accessibility of learning materials for all Illinois residents regardless of their geographic location, accessibility needs, income status or educational level,” Giannoulias said. “Meanwhile, increasing the state’s literacy level results in opportunities for individual success and makes communities stronger.”
Illinois libraries have received more than $104 million in grant funds to expand library services over the past 18 months.
The most recent grant funding includes:
- More than $18 million allocated to library systems across the state. Libraries systems use this funding to support day-to-day operations and assure resource sharing occurs between public, school, academic and special libraries, which enables library patrons across Illinois to request materials from any participating library free-of-charge. Last fiscal year, more than 11 million items were shared between libraries throughout the state.
- Nearly $5.8 million in literacy grants that support adult, family and workplace literacy programs awarded to volunteer organizations, community colleges and school districts, and not-for-profit entities.
- More than $2.3 million to expand online catalogues and interlibrary resource sharing between public, school, academic, and special libraries, providing more variety in the types of resources Illinoisans can access.
- More than $500,000 for technology-focused mentorship programs at public libraries to help middle and high school students.
- More than $350,000 to provide narration of local newspaper content to individuals who cannot read standard print material due to visibility challenges or other accessibility needs.
- Nearly $50,000 to support veteran’s home libraries that provide books, magazines, computers and internet access to veterans in long-term care and their spouses.
The Secretary of State’s office awarded grants for library and literacy programs using combined state funds and federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
A complete list of grants can be found here:
City | Institution | Grant Category | Amount Awarded |
Arlington Heights | The Center | Literacy | $85,000.00 |
Arlington Heights | Township High School District 214 | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Arlington Heights | Township High School District 214 Community Education | Literacy | $100,000.00 |
Aurora | Dominican Literacy Center, Aurora | Literacy | $55,000.00 |
Beardstown | Beardstown Houston Memorial Library | Library Services | $12,109.00 |
Belleville | MindEye Radio | Library Services | $93,626.00 |
Belleville | Southwestern Illinois College | Literacy | $84,384.00 |
Bensenville | Bensenville Community Public Library District | Library Services | $10,993.00 |
Bloomington | Regional Office of Education 17 | Literacy | $92,000.00 |
Blue Island | Corazon a Corazon | Literacy | $25,000.00 |
Bradley | Bradley Public Library District | Library Services | $8,410.00 |
Bradley | Kankakee Community College | Literacy | $68,000.00 |
Brimfield | Brimfield Public Library District | Library Services | $14,400.00 |
Burr Ridge | Reaching Across Illinois Library System | Library Services | $11,871,713.71 |
Burr Ridge | Reaching Across Illinois Library System | Library Services | $109,342.00 |
Burr Ridge | Reaching Across Illinois Library System | Library Services | $104,283.00 |
Canton | Spoon River College | Literacy | $58,976.00 |
Carbondale | Carbondale Public Library | Library Services | $31,531.00 |
Carbondale | WSIU-Southern Illinois Radio Information Service | Library Services | $21,353.00 |
Carol Stream | World Relief Chicagoland | Literacy | $100,000.00 |
Carterville | Anne West Lindsey District Library | Library Services | $17,135.00 |
Carterville | John A. Logan College | Literacy | $41,336.00 |
Centralia | Kaskaskia College | Literacy | $74,560.00 |
Champaign | Board of Trustees of the UofI (at Urbana-Champaign) | Library Services | $1,227,841.00 |
Champaign | Board of Trustees of the UofI (DBA Illinois Radio Reader) | Library Services | $31,370.00 |
Champaign | Parkland College | Literacy | $87,191.00 |
Chicago | Aquinas Literacy Center | Literacy | $80,000.00 |
Chicago | Arab American Action Network | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Chicago | Association House of Chicago | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Chicago | Centro Romero | Literacy | $87,500.00 |
Chicago | Centro Romero | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Chicago | Chicago Public Library System | Library Services | $2,573,253.46 |
Chicago | Chinese Mutual Aid Association | Literacy | $60,000.00 |
Chicago | Chinese Mutual Aid Association | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Chicago | Erie Neighborhood House | Literacy | $85,000.00 |
Chicago | Family Legacy Foundation | Literacy | $70,500.00 |
Chicago | Heartland Human Care Services | Literacy | $100,000.00 |
Chicago | Howard Area Community Center | Literacy | $78,447.00 |
Chicago | Indo-American Center | Literacy | $75,000.00 |
Chicago | Instituto del Progreso Latino | Literacy | $41,000.00 |
Chicago | Instituto del Progreso Latino | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Chicago | Jane Addams Resource Corporation | Literacy | $58,677.00 |
Chicago | Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center | Literacy | $69,459.00 |
Chicago | Literacy Chicago | Literacy | $100,000.00 |
Chicago | Literacy Volunteers of Illinois | Literacy | $53,800.00 |
Chicago | Literacy Works | Literacy | $60,000.00 |
Chicago | Poder Learning Center | Literacy | $80,000.00 |
Chicago | Rohingya Culture Center | Literacy | $40,000.00 |
Chicago | Safer Foundation/PACE Institute | Literacy | $59,004.00 |
Chicago | scaleLIT | Literacy | $30,000.00 |
Chicago | South-East Asia Center | Literacy | $67,949.00 |
Chicago | The Chicago Lighthouse | Library Services | $68,599.00 |
Chicago | The Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago | Literacy | $40,000.00 |
Chicago | The HANA Center | Literacy | $66,000.00 |
Chicago | The Learning Center/House of Connections | Literacy | $73,164.00 |
Chicago | The Vietnamese Association of Illinois | Literacy | $81,383.00 |
Chicago | Touch Gift Foundation | Literacy | $78,819.00 |
Chicago | United For Better Living, Incorporated | Literacy | $32,995.00 |
Chicago | Universidad Popular | Literacy | $49,122.00 |
Chicago | Universidad Popular | Literacy | $41,809.00 |
Chicago | Universidad Popular | Literacy | $41,809.00 |
Chicago | Universidad Popular | Literacy | $41,809.00 |
Chicago Heights | Prairie State College | Literacy | $74,113.00 |
Chicago Ridge | Chicago Ridge Public Library | Library Services | $26,000.00 |
Cicero | Morton College | Literacy | $85,000.00 |
Clifton | Central Citizens' Library District | Library Services | $39,990.00 |
Collinsville | Mississippi Valley Library District | Library Services | $11,709.00 |
Crystal Lake | McHenry County College | Literacy | $80,312.00 |
Danville | Danville Area Community College | Literacy | $70,600.00 |
Decatur | Baby TALK | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Decatur | Richland Community College | Literacy | $85,000.00 |
DeKalb | Northern Illinois Radio Information Service | Library Services | $28,273.00 |
Des Plaines | Oakton Community College | Literacy | $15,865.00 |
Des Plaines | Oakton Community College | Literacy | $8,072.00 |
Des Plaines | Oakton Community College | Literacy | $16,135.00 |
Des Plaines | Oakton Community College | Literacy | $8,049.00 |
Dixon | Sauk Valley Community College | Literacy | $67,884.00 |
East Moline | Black Hawk College | Literacy | $49,000.00 |
Edwardsville | Illinois Heartland Library System | Library Services | $166,321.00 |
Edwardsville | Illinois Heartland Library System | Library Services | $3,919,852.02 |
Edwardsville | Illinois Heartland Library System | Library Services | $709,016.00 |
Edwardsville | Illinois Heartland Library System | Library Services | $175,573.00 |
Effingham | CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation | Literacy | $75,000.00 |
Elgin | Literacy Connection | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Elgin | The Literacy Connection | Literacy | $85,485.00 |
Elgin | YWCA Elgin | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Elgin | YWCA Elgin | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Evanston | Evanston Public Library | Library Services | $39,887.00 |
Fairfield | Frontier Community College | Literacy | $77,000.00 |
Freeport | Highland Community College | Literacy | $81,150.00 |
Galesburg | Regional Office of Education 33 | Literacy | $57,128.00 |
Galesburg | Regional Office of Education 33 | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Galesburg | Regional Office of Education 33 | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Galesburg | Regional Office of Education 33 | Literacy | $15,025.00 |
Godfrey | Lewis and Clark Community College | Literacy | $75,000.00 |
Godfrey | Lewis and Clark Community College | Library Services | $17,438.00 |
Godfrey | Lewis and Clark Community College | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
Harrisburg | Harrisburg Public Library District | Library Services | $5,202.00 |
Highwood | Highwood Public Library | Library Services | $40,000.00 |
Joliet | Joliet Junior College | Literacy | $34,888.00 |
Joliet | Joliet Junior College | Literacy | $66,297.00 |
Kankakee | Kankakee Public Library | Library Services | $34,000.00 |
La Grange | TEACH (Tutoring English to Advance Change) | Literacy | $86,850.00 |
Macomb | Board of Trustees of WlU (WIUM/WIUW RIS) | Library Services | $36,968.00 |
Marion | Marion Carnegie Library | Library Services | $27,978.00 |
Mascoutah | Mascoutah Public Library | Library Services | $34,840.00 |
Matteson | Matteson Area Public Library District | Library Services | $23,100.00 |
Mattoon | Mattoon Public Library | Literacy | $42,932.00 |
Melrose Park | Dominican Literacy Center, Melrose Park | Literacy | $27,500.00 |
Moline | Moline Public Library | Library Services | $16,000.00 |
Mount Carmel | Wabash Valley College Radio Information Service | Library Services | $27,185.00 |
Mount Prospect | Hanul Family Alliance | Literacy | $55,900.00 |
Mount Vernon | Southtown Youth Program Center | Literacy | $50,000.00 |
North Riverside | North Riverside Public Library District | Library Services | $6,967.00 |
Northbrook | Northbrook Public Library | Library Services | $100,000.00 |
Pekin | YWCA of Pekin | Literacy | $82,177.00 |
Peoria | Neighborhood House | Literacy | $74,483.00 |
Peoria | Peoria Public Library | Library Services | $12,500.00 |
Peoria | Regional Office of Education 48 | Literacy | $66,570.00 |
Petersburg | Petersburg Public Library | Library Services | $26,024.00 |
Quincy | John Wood Community College | Literacy | $77,000.00 |
Red Bud | Regional Office of Education 45 | Literacy | $42,945.00 |
Red Bud | Regional Office of Education 45 | Literacy | $40,835.00 |
Richton Park | Richton Park Public Library District | Library Services | $13,580.00 |
River Grove | Triton College | Literacy | $55,000.00 |
Rock Island | APRIS, Augustana Public Radio Information Service | Library Services | $28,613.00 |
Rock Island | Rock Island Public Library | Library Services | $5,950.00 |
Rockford | YWCA Northwestern Illinois | Literacy | $85,000.00 |
Roselle | Metropolitan Asian Family Services | Literacy | $40,000.00 |
Skokie | Oakton Community College | Literacy | $100,000.00 |
South Holland | South Suburban College | Literacy | $58,342.00 |
South Holland | South Suburban College | Literacy | $19,973.00 |
South Holland | South Suburban College | Literacy | $14,456.00 |
South Holland | South Suburban College | Literacy | $12,983.00 |
Sparta | Sparta Public Library | Library Services | $13,911.00 |
Springfield | Fishes & Loaves Outreach Ministries | Literacy | $60,000.00 |
Springfield | Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs | Library Services | $50,000.00 |
Springfield | Lincoln Land Community College | Literacy | $65,538.00 |
Springfield | Lincoln Library | Library Services | $18,360.00 |
St. Charles | Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley | Literacy | $45,050.00 |
Thornton | Thornton Public Library | Library Services | $35,600.00 |
Wheaton | Literacy DuPage | Literacy | $100,000.00 |
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