FYI,

The Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), as one of the partner organizations with The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, has announced that the 2017 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards application is now open with a deadline of Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 5pm Pacific Standard Time.  Future details for a webinar planned for January 10, 2017 will be announced.

This year twelve award winning programs will each receive $10,000 and an invitation to accept their award at a ceremony at the White House.

After-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs, also known as Creative Youth Development programs, are encouraged to apply. Programs must:

• Have been operation since January 2013 for a minimum of five years including 2017
• Use one of more disciplines of the arts or the humanities as the core content of its program
• Operate as a program for children and youth outside of the school day; programs in which children function as the only audience are not eligible

Previous finalists of the program include:

Zula B Wylie Public Library Storytellers, TX

Project Generation @ Kankakee Public Library, IL

Previous winners of the program include:

Teen Space: Circle of Mentoring at Santa Ana Public Library, CA

Pearl Bailey Youth Program in Newport News, VA

Faith Steele

Program Specialist

State Programs

Institute of Museum and Library Services

955 L’Enfant Plaza North, SW, Suite 4000

Washington, D.C. 20024-2135

Phone 202-653-4714

Forwarded by:

Sharon Rawlins

Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning

NJ State Library

185 West State St.

P.O. Box 520

Trenton, NJ 08625-0520

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609-278-2640 ext. 116

609-278-2650 – fax

CSLP 2016-2017 President