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February 19, 2016
IMLS Press Contact
Giuliana Bullard, gbullard@imls.gov
202-653-4799
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IMLS to Award States More Than $155 Million for Library Services
Washington, DC--The Institute of Museum and Library Services
(IMLS) today released its
Fiscal Year 2016 allotment table for 56 State Library Administrative Agencies (SLAAs), totaling $155,789,000. These annual grants to the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories represent the largest
source of federal funding support for library services in the United States.
The agency's
Grants to States program allocates a base amount to each of the SLAAs plus a supplemental amount based on population. These federal funds supplement rather than replace state funding for existing state library services,
and the program assures local involvement through financial matching requirements. The newly released allotment table identifies both the federal (66%) and state match share (34%) for each SLAA.
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