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State Aid Annual Report: FY2017

Annual summary information for the MBLC State Aid to Public Libraries program

FY2017 State Aid to Public Libraries Summary Reports

Of the 350 Massachusetts municipalities with public library services, 344 applied to the State Aid program for FY2017. Thirty-five municipalities applied for a waiver of the MAR. All municipalities that applied were certified to receive State Aid. Awards for FY2017 totaling $9,000,000.

FY2017 State Aid to Public Libraries Map

FY2017 State Aid Certification Map

Commissioners - FY2017

Mary Ann Cluggish, Chairman
N. Janeen Resnick, Vice Chairman
Roland A. Ochsenbein, Secretary

Carol B. Caro
George T. Comeau, Esq.
Mary Kronholm
Francis R. Murphy
Gregory Shesko
Alice M. Welch

MBLC Staff - FY2017

Dianne Carty, Director

Mary Rose Quinn, Head of State Programs
Liz Babbitt, State Aid Specialist
Ann Downey, Systems Analyst
Uechi Ng, Administrative Assistant

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