Diane Foote, from the Illinois Library Association

Patricia Smith Robert Rowe Library, Sheridan, Il

Margaret Conroy, Chapter Councilor from Missouri - where it is cold and rainy!

Hi Everyone. Michael Dowling, ALA

Hello fellow Illinoisan!!

Aaron Skog, SWAN Library Services, Illinois

Aiden Street, Pioneer Library System-Norman, Oklahoma

Hi everyone! Megan Palmer, South Carolina Library Association.

Good afternoon from New Jersey!

Wendy Woodland from the TX Library Association

Illinois

Tod Colegrove, Chapter Councilor and President of the Nevada Library Association. Sunny and warm in Reno, Nevada today!

HI Debbie Mikula from the Michigan Library Association.

Ashia Gustafson from Brookings, SD

Aiden Street, Pioneer Library System, Norman OK

Cassie Guthrie, Chapter Councilor from New York State

Montserrat Inglada from Whiting, IN

Sarah Palfrey Morgantown Public Library System WV

Hello! Leah Hammerquist from Libraries of Stevens County in Colville, WA

Jen Alvino, Maine Library Association President. It's raining here too!

Hello everyone! Larra Clark with Public Policy & Advocacy, but looking out my window at a gray Chicago day

Hi Debbie! Hi Wendy!

Good afternoon from New Jersey! (rainy here today, too!)

Hi Diane and Debbie!

Hello everyone! Larra Clark with Public Policy & Advocacy, but looking out my window at a gray Chicago day

Definitely stick with us!!

American Rescue Plan Act:https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1319/text

can you put the state allocations link in the chat that is in this slide

IMLS state allocations:https://www.imls.gov/sites/default/files/2021-03/arpaallotmenttablefy2021.pdf

Hi Jill!!

The article that I mentioned about Sweet Home, Oregon: https://www.sweethomenews.com/story/2021/04/21/news/councilors-ponder-best-way-to-spend-203-million/24134.html

IMLS ARPA statement:https://www.imls.gov/news/federal-government-invests-200m-libraries-and-museums-stimulate-american-communities

Good to meet with you today. I'm Alan Inouye with ALA Public Policy & Advocacy, based in Washington, D.C. We must ask for $$$!

Hi Diane!

State & Local Fiscal Recovery Fund:https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/coronavirus/assistance-for-state-local-and-tribal-governments/state-and-local-fiscal-recovery-fund

Dept. of Education ARPA announcement:https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/department-education-announces-american-rescue-plan-funds-all-50-states-puerto-rico-and-district-columbia-help-schools-reopen

Will libraries have to comply with CIPA?

Understand we may not know yet: Would FCC put the funds out to states and libraries apply in-state, or directly with FCC?

Hi, Nicki. Marijke will address this but, if you have a question after her presentation, please share it in the Q&A box. Thanks.

Please submit questions to the Q&A box. Thanks!

CIPA: ALA argued that CIPA does not apply. We'll see what the FCC decides:

ALA comments: https://twitter.com/AlanSInouye/status/1381738888780201990

whoops, sorry

No worries. : )

@Diane, funds will NOT go to states. it will be similar to e-rate in terms of applying for funds, even though the rules will not be exactly the same.

Got it, thanks, just put the Q in the Q&A. Disregard.

Yes, we must encourage libraries to apply. No match requirement, and can buy end-user devices. as well as hotspots and other internet access technologies. CIPA TBD.

no worries @ diane. that's a quick one. some of the other questions might need more time, so it's great to have it queued up in QA. Thanks!

State e-Rate Coordinators: https://tools.e-ratecentral.com/us/stateCoord.asp

American Rescue Plan text https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1319/textFCC Public Notice https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-317A1.pdfALA comments filed https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10405314108601/ALA_ECF_Comments_04052021.pdf httFCC Public Filing system https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/American Rescue Plan text https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1319/textFCC Public Notice https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-317A1.pdfALA comments filed https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10405314108601/ALA_ECF_Comments_04052021.pdf httFCC Public Filing system https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/

Brookings Institution-How should local leaders use their American Rescue Plan funding?https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/03/23/how-should-local-leaders-use-their-american-rescue-plan-funding/

with our local churches

Workforce development (now recovery!) is very much on our radar in Nevada. Feel free to reach out!

yes, workforce is on our radar as a priority. From helping with unemployment papers, skills building, and virtual job and career fairs.

Partnering with schools and Workforce investment board.

Workforce had not been on my radar but is now -- thank you (NM Chapter Councilor) -- I'll check with my fellow NMLA board members

ALA workforce policy advocacy:ALA's workforce page features conversations from both Oklahoma and Nevada! Thank you, both. www.ala.org/advocacy/workforce

What about supporting post-doc fellows to work in our libraries to build capacity and increase diversity in LIS (while funding their part-time MLIS tuition)? Model proposal comes from this study, https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11969.003.0017

Or for High School Interns in our libraries

ALA workforce policy advocacy:www.ala.org/advocacy/workforce

Two-pager on workforce: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/sites/ala.org.advocacy/files/content/Workforce/Workforce_web_032621-1.pdf

thanks for adding your notes in chat related to workforce, everyone! I appreciate it!

Thank you very much dear presenters!!!!

Thank you so much!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks to the ALA Public Policy and Advocacy Staff!

Thank you!

American Rescue Plan - State Guidehttp://www.ala.org/advocacy/american-rescue-plan-state-guide

The ALA COVID Library Relief Fund Information SessionRegistration: https://bit.ly/3tFIZO8CAX-Build America’s Libraries Act: States Advocate for Library InfrastructureRegistration: https://bit.ly/3v7FyA8

Thanks for organizing us all, as always MeganC! And thanks to everyone for your attention and your questions.

Thank you, ALA!!

Yes, thanks - much appreciated!!