Summer STEM Grant Open for 2024
The application for this year’s Summer STEM from Your Library grant is now open. This grant is open to publicly funded school, public, tribal, or academic Idaho libraries that [...]
17 01, 2024
6 09, 2023
Free Tablets for your School District: Applications Open Now!
The Connecting Idaho Students: Tablets to Teach and Transform Project Application is officially open! This grant will provide tablets to public school districts and charter schools throughout Idaho to [...]
26 07, 2023
Applications Open for Connecting Communities Digital Inclusion Program
The Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) is once again offering public libraries a unique opportunity to bolster local digital inclusion, equity, and literacy efforts. Through the Connecting Communities Digital [...]
13 06, 2023
Bicultural Resources 2023-2024
The Idaho Commission for Libraries is excited to bring you our first Bilingual Resource Letter. The hope for this blogpost is to create a document that holds important dates, [...]
19 01, 2023
Facilities & Capital Improvement Grant Now Open
We are excited to announce the opening of our 2023 Facilities and Capital Improvement grant. This competitive grant will fund facilities improvements and capital projects that expand or enhance [...]
6 12, 2022
Congratulations ARP ESSER Grant Recipients!
In the past few months, the ICfL has awarded $561,000 in ARP ESSER funds to Idaho libraries. Students spend 80% of their time outside of school, and libraries are [...]
9 11, 2022
Kindergarten Readiness Grant: 2022-2023 Awardees
2022-2023 Cohort of Kindergarten Readiness Grant Recipients Twelve Idaho libraries received a Kindergarten Readiness grant (KRG) from ICfL this year, for a total of $60,000. Six libraries are implementing [...]
1 09, 2022
ARP ESSER Support for Libraries
ESSER stands for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief. ESSER is part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), a federal law that was passed in 2021 to provide relief [...]
1 11, 2021
Welcoming Libraries Grant is Open
As of today, the 3rd year of the Welcoming Libraries Grant is open for applications. Who: Idaho public and school libraries can apply - (Yes, you can apply even if [...]
28 04, 2021
Content Filtering and Mobile Hotspot Reimbursement
The Idaho Commission for Libraries is offering a one-time reimbursement to Idaho public libraries for internet content filtering purchased between July 1, 2020 and May 19, 2021 utilizing remaining state [...]