This past spring public libraries throughout New Hampshire had the opportunity to apply for funds made available by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the New Hampshire State Library through the American Rescue Plan Act.
The first round of funds was distributed as grants to public libraries to pay for programs, equipment, supplies, books and other circulating materials in order to better respond to their communities’ needs this summer as the nation begins to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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