2023 Community Services & Economic Development GRANTS

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) GRANT – AWARDED

Project: Douglas Daily Dispatch Digitization Project

Funding to scan, OCR, and add Douglas’ microfilmed local newspaper of record to the Arizona State Library’s Arizona Memory Project

$32,143.77

LIBRARY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY ACT (LSTA) GRANT – AWARDED

Project: Wi-Fi Hotspot Lending Program

Purchase Wi-Fi devices/data services to provide free community Internet access

$4,000

ARIZONA LIBRARIANS FOSTERING RESILIENT RURAL COMMUNITIES AHEAD AZ (Advancing Health Equity, Addressing Disparities) GRANT – AWARDED

Project: Healthy Choices @ Your Library

Funds to establish a healthy eating/cooking/kids snack nutrition program

$5,000

COMMUNITY GRANT – AWARDED

Project: Holiday Grant

Funding shared among Fire, Library & Police Depts for holiday giving programs

$3,500 total; Library portion is $1,500