{"id":314975,"date":"2026-10-27T02:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T02:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314975\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T02:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T02:14:13","slug":"pennsylvania-libraries-receive-nearly-250k-in-funds-which-local-communities-are-getting-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314975\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania libraries receive nearly $250K in funds &#038; which local communities are getting help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced that nearly $250,000 in grant funding has been awarded to 26 libraries across the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The money will go towards supporting and expanding local services and educational programming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The funding comes from the Library Services and Technology Act Action Grants, which offer up to $10,000 per project to address community priorities and strengthen organizational capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Eligible areas include projects that boost adult and youth services, community engagement, staff training, technology access and educational programming. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Dr. Education Secretary Carrie Rowe emphasized the role of libraries in serving local populations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cLibraries are the cornerstones of their communities, providing critical resources to patrons,\u201d Rowe said. \u201cThis funding will help libraries serve the diverse and unique needs of their local residents by creating innovative educational programming and services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Local libraries that will receive funding include: <\/p>\n<p>Allegheny County Library AssociationReceives $10,000 to provide literacy bags to immigrant and refugee children. Those bags include resources that support English language learning. Community Library of the Shenango ValleyReceives $8,788.46 to increase community connection, early literacy, and physical health within its service area by installing a StoryWalk at Riverwalk Park in the City of Sharon.Cranberry Public LibraryReceives $10,000 to develop a collection of print materials targeted for use by both youth and adults in Spanish and Arabic.\u00a0Greensburg Hempfield Area LibraryReceives $9,510 to expand free digital literacy and workforce readiness instruction for adults.Greenville Area Public LibraryReceives $2,723.48 to develop literacy-based kits aligned with children\u2019s books and educational themes to support early literacy, language development, and classroom engagement.Mt Lebanon SDReceives $9,850 to launch a five-year reading initiative for students in grades three to five across all seven elementary buildings.Sewickley Public LibraryReceives $10,000 to expand free access to high-quality early literacy content for children and families in the Quaker Valley area.\u00a0Sewickley Township Public LibraryReceives $10,000 to expand digital equity, workforce support and technology education opportunities for residents alongside the opening of its new library facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced that nearly $250,000 in grant funding has been awarded to 26 libraries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[855,278,95,73076,1609,15133,4738,8216,128484,8090,128485,76834,47664,12247,24607,4902,128486,128487,128488,4813,227,4788,128489,86,46218,128490,5864,497,8040,21934,128491,128492,28,30,29,33052,38630,736,16700,18179,4048,97167,128493,35497,29949,57147,12834,20535,128494,15658,15659,115277],"class_list":["post-314975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-academic","tag-ai","tag-archives","tag-arrangement","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-backdrop","tag-background","tag-book","tag-bookcase","tag-books","tag-bookshelf","tag-bookstore","tag-clean","tag-collection","tag-commercial","tag-content","tag-context","tag-contrast","tag-cozy","tag-design","tag-education","tag-generic","tag-hardcover","tag-home","tag-interior","tag-internal","tag-knowledge","tag-learning","tag-library","tag-literature","tag-minimalist","tag-paperback","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-print","tag-publication","tag-reading","tag-room","tag-row","tag-shadow","tag-shelf","tag-shelves","tag-stack","tag-study","tag-sunlight","tag-texture","tag-wallpaper","tag-wisdom","tag-wood","tag-wooden","tag-workspace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}