Past Funded Projects

This project will focus on two 98 agencies in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, whose primary clientele are 98 dwellers who are socioeconomically challenged and lack access to appropriate and understandable opioid information. The partner agencies are Center of Hope and South Dakota 98 Indian Health with whom Health Connect of South Dakota has strong, long collaborative relationships. The overarching goals of the project: 1 train partner agency staff on opioid use and misuse using educational materials from the National Library of Medicine and publications from national companies i.e.

1. Organize existing donor, volunteer, and constituent data so that it may be used to support the effectiveness of the program and allow for increased funding to serve clients now and in the future. 2. Outreach to current MNB members, over 14,000 nationwide, to provide services, direction and support regarding treatment and recovery options and assistance, and specifically in Southeastern Massachusetts determine what services are provided efficiently and/or lacking via a survey of supporters of a person with a SUD and those seeking these services.

The goal of our project is to host a course of classes entitled 'Adulting 101'. These classes will be once a month over a period of nine months. Our objective is to give 87 and young 88 successful skills to enter adulthood and maintain a healthy lifestyle. The topics that will be covered over the period of the course are emotional wellness, personal hygiene, healthy lifestyles i.e.- drugs, alcohol. sex.

THRIVE empowers communities by creating spaces that welcome and support our neighbors transitioning from incarceration. In pursuit of this mission, THRIVE seeks to empower 88 returning from incarceration, and to revolutionize the role community members play in their lives upon reentry. Our goals are to disrupt cycles of incarceration, isolation, and social harm among returning citizens and within impacted communities through Restorative Reentry, Community Building, and Constituent Leadership initiatives.

This project will provide the computers, necessary software support and marketing which will be used in the main Library and the Branch Library and at local community events and health fairs.

The African 92s Wellness Initiative AWWI is a community based outreach and prevention program geared towards improving health outcomes of the target population. The African Cultural Alliance of North America ACANA, Inc. in collaboration with the African Diaspora Health Initiative ADHI and the Liberian United 92 in Progress LUWIP proposes to provide culturally sensitive and language appropriate health education to at least 75 African and Caribbean immigrant 92 in the Philadelphia area.

In collaboration with Wood River Elementary School, Maltman Memorial Library will provide after-school programming for 100 students. The robust programming will focus on healthy eating understanding food labels, cooking classes and exercise activities. This programming will help supplement the nutrition and fitness curriculum areas of making healthy decisions; eating well-balanced meals; nutritional properties of foods; benefits of physical activity; and balancing strength, endurance, and flexibility.

This project will host a speaker series featuring two local mental health professionals who will offer presentations on anxiety and depression. The series will include six sessions aimed at different age groups: teenager/young 88, 88, and 89.

The Alternative Peer Group APG is a comprehensive adolescent recovery support model that integrates recovering peers and prosocial activities into evidence-based clinical practice.They are a critical piece of the care continuum that support adolescents outside of school.

While there have been extensive topics and resources presented at AAFCS conferences, funding opportunities and consumer health information resources, especially those from NNLM, have not been addressed in recent years. Presenting the results of the Laurel Public Librarvs Outreach to Consumers Award program will demonstrate an innovative, successful way to support individuals in where and how to find reliable health information, promote NNLM institutional membership and resources, funding opportunities, and consumer resources.

The American Library Association ALA is leading a large response and recovery effort for libraries damaged by Hurricane Maria and Irma in the Caribbean, specifically in the Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Many libraries have been damaged beyond repair and need assistance to recover. ALA will work with the local library leaders in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to provide computers and other resources needed to restore access to communities in dire need of information on health and a multitude of other topics as they rebuild their lives.

Kathi Woodward from the Springfield-Greene County Library requested a professional development award up to $1,500 to attend the preconference titled Implicit Bias, Health Disparities, and Health Literacy which was offered at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference held in Seattle, WA in January 2019. The professional development award was available to library staff that work in public service or programming at public libraries.

Mackenzie Ahlberg Elliot from the Mid-Continent Public Library requested a professional development award up to $1,500 to attend the preconference titled Implicit Bias, Health Disparities, and Health Literacy which was offered at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference held in Seattle, WA in January 2019. The professional development award was available to library staff that work in public service or programming at public libraries.

Robin Newell from Emporia Public Library requested a professional development award up to $1,500 to attend the preconference titled Implicit Bias, Health Disparities, and Health Literacy which was offered at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference held in Seattle, WA in January 2019. The professional development award was available to library staff that work in public service or programming at public libraries.