| Agency/Office |
Institute of Museum and Library Services/ National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities |
| Program Name |
Native American/ Native Hawaiian Library Services Grant |
| CFDA Number |
45.311 |
| Program Description |
(A) Basic Grants with Education/ Assessment Option is a non-competitive grant that is distributed in equal amounts among eligible applicants. The Education/ Assessment Option is supplemental to the Basic grant. (B) Enhancement grants support projects to enhance existing library services, or implement new library services. Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages are eligible to apply for Enhancement grant only if they have applied for a Native American Library Services Basic Grant in the same fiscal year. (C) The Native Hawaiian Library Services program marks new opportunities for improved library services for an important part of the nation's community of library users. |
| Eligible Grantees |
(A and B) Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages and corporations are eligible to apply for funding under this program (C) Native Hawaiian Library Services grants are available to nonprofit organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians (as the term is defined in section 7207 of the Native Hawaiian Education Act) |
| Eligible Beneficiaries |
(A and B) Users of Indian tribe and Alaska Native village libraries and information services. (C) Users of Native Hawaiian libraries and information services. |
| Historic Appropriation Level (in 000s) |
$3,638 |
| Eligible Activities |
(A) Basic Grants support existing library operations and maintain core library services. The Education/ Assessment Option provides funding for library staff to attend continuing education courses and/ or training courses on- or off-site; for library staff to attend or give presentations at conferences related to library services; and/ or to hire a consultant for an onsite professional library assessment. (B and C) Enhancement grants (1) expand services for learning and access to information and educational resources in a variety of formats in all types of libraries (2) develop library services that provide all users with access to information through local, state, regional, national, and international electronic networks; (3) provide electronic and other linkages among all types of libraries; (4) develop public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations; (5) target library services to help increase access and ability to use information resources for individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; (6) target library and information services to help increase access and ability to use information resources for persons having difficulty using a library and for underserved urban and rural communities. |
| Program Contact |
Alison Freese
Senior Program Officer
Phone: (202)653-4665
Fax: (202)653-4601
afreese@imls.gov |
| Program URL |
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nativeAmerican.shtm |
