{"id":113028,"date":"2025-12-30T01:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/113028\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T01:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:56:07","slug":"long-beach-library-ends-stem-program-for-students-due-to-loss-of-federal-funding-long-beach-post-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/113028\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Library ends STEM program for students due to loss of federal funding \u2022 Long Beach Post News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally <a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/another-library-program-in-los-angeles-sunsets-following-federal-funding-cuts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">published by LAist<\/a> on Dec. 24, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Topline: Long Beach Library shut down its youth STEM workshop program, called SEED, following federal funding cuts, the city announced last week. As a replacement, the library is launching the LBPL Creativity Lab.<\/p>\n<p>Why did the city lose funding?\u00a0The program originally was funded for four years with over $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Education,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/longbeach.gov\/press-releases\/city-announces-conclusion-of-seed-program-following-loss-of-federal-funding-launches-lbpl-creativity-lab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">according to the city\u2019s announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What was the SEED program?\u00a0The STEM learning program was launched in 2022 for middle school youth. In that time, the program served more than 500 students, according to city officials. The program\u2019s final day was Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters:\u00a0Local library programs across Los Angeles have disappeared since the federal funding cuts this fall.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/la-county-library-free-laptop-checkout-ending\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L.A. County Library shut down<\/a>\u00a0its laptop and Wi-Fi hotspot lending programs after the FCC cut off assistance to digital lending programs.<\/p>\n<p>What we know about the Creativity Lab: The lab will focus on arts, culture and technology. Its first session is set to begin next February. The city will release more information in the coming weeks, according to a release.<\/p>\n<p>Dig deeper\u00a0\u2026\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/news\/long-beach-named-top-digital-city-in-2025\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">into Long Beach\u2019s Digital Equity mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This article was originally published by LAist on Dec. 24, 2025. Topline: Long Beach Library shut down its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-113028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}