The Plans for State Aid for Public Libraries and Federated Systems for 2024-2025 are now open and will close on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM. System administrators and/or district consultants may provide earlier deadlines if they so choose to do so. Training for the Plans for State Aid can be found here. You can access the report by logging into LibPAS at pa.countingopinions.com.

The plans for State Aid and the plan for County Coordination Aid are combined into this one report. If your library does not receive county coordination aid directly from the state as part of your state aid payment, then you will not have access to the county coordination aid plan section of the report.

State Aid Projections for 2024-2025 are available on the homepage of the State Aid Resources for Pennsylvania Public Libraries LibGuide. You can download a copy with the direct link here.

Regular Q&A Sessions
Join us at our State Aid Q&A sessions every Thursday from 11 AM to 12 PM (excluding holidays). These sessions are open to all library directors, district consultants, and system administrators.  Feel free to attend one of these sessions with any questions you may have related to State Aid. A link to these recurring meetings is available on the home page of the LibPAS platform after signing in. Select the link at the time of the meetings to join.

Please send questions to Mike Reilly, State Aid Administrator at RA-StateAid@PA.GOV.

The Bureau of Library Development (BLD) in the Office of Commonwealth Libraries supports libraries and library services for Pennsylvanians through the administration of state and federally funded programs and grant opportunities including LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act), Library Access, LAMP (Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians), the Public Library Subsidy, and Keystone Grants for Public Library Facilities. BLD also provides advisory services, professional development, and continuing education for library staff and volunteer leadership at public, school, academic, and special libraries.

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