American Library Association Action Center: March 2021
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| #FundLibraries Campaign |
President Biden is expected to soon submit an outline of his proposed budget spending requests for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, which includes federal funding amounts for libraries.
We
need your help NOW until the final budget is signed in order to
ensure that libraries are fully funded in the next fiscal year.
ALA has launched our annual FY2022
#FundLibraries Campaign, and we encourage
you to bookmark this page and browse the provided resources that can be shared
amongst your library community. Included is the one-page introduction to federal library funding, state-by-state library factsheets to share with your
elected officials, and a handy visual guide on the overall federal appropriations process.
Because things are a bit different
this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, the Dear Appropriator letters
have begun circulating this week in both the House and Senate, a few weeks
later than in previous years.
For FY2022, we are asking congressional appropriators to include funding
➤ at least $206 million for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
➤ $50 million for the Innovative
Approaches to Literacy (IAL) grant program.
Will you contact your members of Congress and ask them to sign onto the Dear Appropriator letters? READ MORE ➤➤
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