{"id":4228,"date":"2025-08-11T17:52:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:52:55","slug":"children-teen-book-enhancement-grant-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/children-teen-book-enhancement-grant-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Children &amp; Teen Book Enhancement Grant 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>Selected public and school libraries will be awarded up to $3,000 to purchase current, high-quality and well-reviewed books for young adults and children. If you have questions about collection development, please contact Karen Liu at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:karenliu@utah.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">karenliu@utah.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TIMELINE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8\/11\/2025 - Grant application opens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8\/12\/2025 - Application Webinar - C&amp;T Grant Changes for 2026, registration required<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9\/4\/2025 - Grant application closes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9\/15\/2025 - Applicants notified, Contracts sent\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10\/01\/2025 - Contracts due, Spending begins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3\/1\/2026 - Spending ends<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4\/1\/2026 - Reimbursement Requests and Final Report due<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>APPLICATION PROCESS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Request access to the<a href=\"https:\/\/cce.my.salesforce-sites.com\/usl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0USL Grants Portal<\/a>\u00a0if you are a new user by selecting New User; existing users should verify their log in information is up to date by entering the portal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Register and attend the Virtual Application Webinar [date TBD]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete your application in the portal and make sure to press the SUBMIT button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please wait!&nbsp; Funds spent prior to the start of the grant period are considered pre-award and WILL NOT be reimbursed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a\u00a0<strong>reimbursement grant<\/strong>, paid out to your library when reimbursement requests are submitted. If this is a concern, please contact Melanie Boyd at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mcwainwright@utah.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mcwainwright@utah.gov<\/a>\u00a0and select \u201cFunds Advance Needed\u201d on the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected public and school libraries will be awarded up to $3,000 to purchase current, high-quality and well-reviewed books for young adults and children. If you have questions about collection development, please contact Karen Liu at&nbsp;karenliu@utah.gov. TIMELINE APPLICATION PROCESS Please wait!&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/children-teen-book-enhancement-grant-2026\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More ...<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,12,89],"tags":[33,40,41,42,43,90],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-grant","category-library","tag-books","tag-grant","tag-grant-application-information","tag-grant-information","tag-grants","tag-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4229,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4228\/revisions\/4229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.utahsla.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}