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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| Supplemental Collection Equity Award | University of Portland | If awarded, the Supplemental Collection Equity Award would support Nursing students and faculty at the University of Portland School of Nursing and Health Innovations (UPSONHI) with electronic and print books about the reproductive health (commonly referred to as maternal health) of Black people. The phrase reproductive health is used instead of maternal health due to its inclusionary nature of all people,… | |||
| Supplemental Collection Equity Award Y2 - Clatskanie Library District | Clatskanie Library District | If granted, the Clatskanie Library District will continue building on the work we completed with the generosity of funding received last year. We will purchase new, current, and relevant books for our adult general nonfiction collection in the area of health and wellness. Additionally, we would like to create a new health and wellness collection geared toward… | Oregon | ||
| Supporting Equitable Access to Emergency Preparedness Resources for Mothers in Mississippi | Six Dimensions | Mississippi has experienced a series of devastating natural, systemic, and environmental disasters that have required immediate action, sometimes leaving the very unique needs of pregnant and postpartum women unmet. This project will focus on responding to current and emerging needs of pregnant and postpartum women in Mississippi through the development and distribution of community resource boxes that provide basic needs for families. This project will also focus on ensuring that providers that encounter… | Mississippi | ||
| Supporting Health Literacy and Basic Needs Services at the Millers Falls Branch Library | Montague Public Libraries | This project seeks to improve health literacy in the town of Montague and to provide the technology necessary to facilitate basic needs consultations, telehealth appointments, and accurate health information in a semi-private, public space. These goals will be accomplished by providing self-directed training library staff and local service providers in NNLM resources, providing workshops on MedlinePlus to the public at the Millers Falls Branch Library and the Gill Montague Senior Center, and by installing a sound-dampening technology pod at the Millers Falls Branch Library, where… | |||
| Sustainable Eating& Nutritional Literacy Express | University of North Texas Health Science Center - Library | The Sustainable Eating & Nutritional Literacyprojectseeks to address food insecurity and health literacy related to nutrition. The goals of the projectwill be accomplishedthrough educational programming and practical support throughthe extensionof community gardenstoindividual homesby providing home growing kits, especially those in areas without access to affordable fresh fruit and vegetables in North Texas.The educational materials andprograming will listfoods that can be grown in North Texas arranged byseason,the associated benefits with each food, debunkfoodhealth myths,… | Texas |