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In case you missed it, the American Library Association (ALA) has issued a call to action surrounding Congressional funding for libraries in FY 2027. The House of Representatives has taken up budget talks earlier than usual, and ALA is asking us to let our
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Kerri Ann Souto (she/her)</div>
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Suffolk Cooperative Library System<br>
627 N. Sunrise Service Road<br>
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<b>From:</b> ALA Public Policy & Advocacy <advocacyaction@ala.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 3, 2026 5:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kerri Souto <kerri@suffolknet.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> BREAKING: House starts budget process early</div>
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Lets start this year's library funding campaign with a bang (and a lot of emails).
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<span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">Hi Kerri,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">Theres no shortage of surprises coming out of the U.S. Capitol these days. And while ALAs Public Policy and Advocacy office was on Capitol Hill with our advocates last week, we got
wind of another surprise: U.S. House of Representative leaders have kicked off the first stage of the budget process for next year more than a month earlier than expected.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);"><b>Help us start the fiscal year 2027 (FY27) budget process off strong by urging your House Representative to sign letters in support of federal library funding! </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">One thing I know for sure is that the earlier and stronger we can demonstrate broad, bipartisan Congressional support for libraries, the more likely we are to get library funding included
in next years federal budget. Thats where you, and our whole library community, come in. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">This first step of the process involves our U.S. House library champions, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), asking for signers on their two Dear Appropriator letters
supporting key federal library programs. (Letters in the Senate will follow soon.) We need as many House signers on these letters as possible to encourage Appropriations Committee members to include this funding in the budget.
<b>And House lawmakers only have until March 20 to sign on, so we need them to act fast.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">One letter asks for robust funding (authorized at $232 million) for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and
the second letter asks for at least $50 million for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program within the Department of Education. LSTA supports library programs in local communities nationwide, such as services for veterans and older people, jobseeker
resources, workforce development programs, internet access, early childhood programs, and much more. IAL gives high-needs school libraries nationwide resources to help ease the child literacy crisis, which has continued to get worse since the pandemic.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">Both of these programs use a minuscule percentage of the federal budget to have a huge impact on their communities.
<b>The more support we can demonstrate for them, the more likely they will be to survive expected budget cuts.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">Thanks to library supporters like you, Congress maintained federal library funding for 2026<b>but the threat is not gone.</b> We expect this White House to continue to do everything
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">Our advocates and PPA staff had hundreds of productive meetings with Congressional staff of both parties last week, though, so I know that theres an appetite for library support on
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">If you can,
<b>take a couple of minutes on our action page to include your library story or otherwise personalize the letter copy weve prepared for you.</b> You can best express why you want Congress to support library funding; sharing that with your House Representative
will make the message more powerful.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">As always, thank you for being a part of ALAs library community, whether you work for libraries or just love them as much as we do. Lets start this funding process off with a bang!</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);">Thank you,<br>
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<i>Associate Executive Director, Public Policy & Advocacy</i></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);"><i>PS. For more details about the Dear Appropriator letters and funding process, check out our
</i></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 0, 255);"><i><u><a style="color: rgb(17, 0, 255); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAd8117d28-0d7e-ae00-bd01-1d2a0f8138c9" href="https://americanlibraryassociation.cmail19.com/t/i-l-ztljdik-itjhuidjdy-i/">Fund
Libraries</a></u></i></span><span style="font-family: sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 8);"><i> page, where you can also learn if your representative has been a library champion before.</i></span></p>
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