ICFL (Idaho Commission for Libraries)
The ICFL funds so many programs for our library. Just this past year, they have funded our Ready-Set-Grow Kits for Parents with babies and toddlers. They have also funded $15,000 of Kindergarten Pre-Kindergarten backpacks. They have also given us 40 Chromebooks and computer training for our Senior Citizens and Veterans, This Summer they have funded our Teen Summer Reading Program featuring Videos and Podcasts with $15,000 in funding. The ICFL has donated many thousands of dollars to our library to update our Internet Services. They sent in a team to put in access points all throughout the library and out so that our patrons can access our WiFi Internet Services anywhere inside and outside of the library, including the pavilion at the city park. This service provides equal access to all of our patrons. They have also provided us $24,500 for an online and in-house learning lab with software and computers. Through their youth services, we can distribute free books to our underserved children. Earlier this year, we received $500 for STEM. Our SORA app for students and IDEA database of Juvenile and Young Adult books is also from the ICFL.