This page includes awards made during the current NNLM award period (May 1, 2021 - April 30, 2026).
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| Project Title | Lead Organization | Project Summary | Project Start Date | Project End Date | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting Connected: Digital Literacy Education for Seniors | Penn Asian Senior Services | We want to empower Asian-American seniors to engage with digital life. The Pew Charitable Trust found that nearly one-third of seniors report never using the internet. Low-income seniors and seniors with limited English, especially, do not have access. According to the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), 21% of immigrant adults who speak a language other than English at home have no computer experience, compared to only 5% of English speakers. Even if seniors manage to get online, they disproportionately fall… | Pennsylvania | ||
| Green Thumbs In Your Community | Black Girls With Green Thumbs | Black Girls With Green Thumbs promotes health literacy in a way that is culturally competent and accessible, meeting community members where they are - online and within their neighborhoods - and invites them to new experiences like community-based gardening and physical activity. The ongoing “Green Thumbs In Your Community” program will continue to build a network of individuals, families, and community institutions that utilize gardening and physical activity… | Pennsylvania | ||
| 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 |