The California State Library recently awarded Pasadena Public Library (PPL) a regional Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant for $230,000 to establish a supportive network of early childhood hub sites throughout Pasadena and its surrounding communities. The Altadena Library District is proud to announce its involvement as one of the seven primary hub sites that will participate in this new initiative, called Growing Together PASadena, coordinated by PPL’s Office of the Young Child.
All hub sites will offer a welcoming space for children and their families, individualized resources and referrals, parenting support, and opportunities for children to grow in the five key developmental areas defined by the Early Development Instrument (EDI). The participating hub site hosts are other well-established community organizations that also presently serve families with young children: La Pintoresca Branch Library (PPL), Villa Parke Community Center and Public Library, Sierra Madre Public Library, ChapCare Lincoln Health Center, Pacific Clinics Early Head Start-Nesbitt Site, and Families Forward Learning Center. Growing Together PASadena is set to launch in the fall of 2019.
The “PAS” in Growing Together PASadena stands for the three communities this initiative will serve: Pasadena, Altadena, and Sierra Madre.
Funding received is from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. For more information, contact Crystal O’Grady, Program Coordinator for the Office of the Young Child, at (626) 744-4297 or cogrady@cityofpasadena.net or Catherine Hany, (626) 744-4207 or chany@cityofpasadena.net.