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 |
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| Health Literacy Expansion (HeLiX) | Queens Public Library | The proposed Queens Public Library (QPL) Health Literacy Expansion (HeLiX) project will expand access to an existing health and digital literacy pilot program for Limited English Proficiency (LEP) speakers who are caregivers of young children in the greater Jamaica, Queens community. This pilot program, as part of a broader consortium called The Strong Together: Tree of Life Center (TOLC) Partnership for Young Children’s Health, is an initiative to create specialized support and foster early childhood development in a newly built affordable apartment community and service hub in… | New York | ||
| Health Literacy for All | Al-Hamra Academy | This project seeks to make accessible for students, their families, and members of the larger community health information by creating a robust educational learning experience across grade levels. This project will have an in-depth focus on different aspects of biomedical clinical research. We will host for students and parents a module-based curriculum that focuses on the following four target areas:M1 - Health LiteracyHuman Immune systemRole of immunizationInfectious diseases and how to fight them | Massachusetts | ||
| Health Literacy Outreach through Family Programming and Creative Engagement Kits | ANTELOPE LENDING LIBRARY | Health Literacy Outreach through Antelope Lending Library (ALL) would aim to reach underserved and underrepresented populations to provide health literacy learning through 12 weekly programs at Open Heartland, distribution of 450 activity kits over 3 months, collection development of health literacy books, and distribution of All of Us materials with all programs, kits, and books provided through this grant. Our goals are to (1) grow our children’s, young adult, and adult nonfiction collections by adding accurate, current, unbiased health… | Iowa | ||
| Health Literacy Student Fellows Program | Indian River State College - Pruitt Campus Library | Indian River State College (IRSC) has a need to educate its students in the skills of health literacy. The community that the college serves has a need for health literacy trainers and ambassadors from all ages and economic backgrounds in order to make a substantive impact on the St. Lucie County community. IRSC's proposed project, Health Information Student Fellows Program, offers the opportunity to address both of these needs in an innovative and meaningful way. In Phase One, students will receive instruction on MedlinePlus as well as learn… | Florida | ||
| Health Literacy Supports Resiliency: Support for BIPOC Women and Families | The Children's Home Society of New Jersey | The goal of the project is to increase health literacy of participant Ocean and Monmouth County families about COVID-19 preventive measures such as vaccination and consistent mask use; and emotional health, anxiety and depression related to the pandemic and other social determinants of health, using medically accurate, bilingual health information sources such as Medline Plus and other vetted sources from the National Library of Medicine. The project’s intended audience is primarily Black and Hispanic families born in the US and myriad other countries of origin, especially… | New Jersey |