San Jose Public Library Foundation
Project Title
For project support to San Jose Public Library to expand reach and services through their English as a Second Language, college readiness, and digital inclusion programs.
Date
Jun. 05, 2025
Duration
24 months
Description
San José Public Library Foundation (SJPLF) is one of eleven libraries selected through the Education program’s Libraries as Pillars of Education and Democracy request for proposals, a two-year, $5 million dollar initiative launched in December 2024 to strengthen libraries as hubs for learning and civic participation. With Corporation support, SJPLF will expand its programs to serve 1,200 more adult English learners (a ten percent increase), with 800 participating in a new workforce-focused ESL series; expanding college and career readiness programming to serve an additional 730 youth ages fourteen to twenty-four (a thirty-nine percent increase); and providing at least one hundred participants with computing devices and digital skills training.