IMLS is a federal agency. “The mission of IMLS is to advance, support, and empower America’s museums, libraries, and related organizations through grantmaking, research, and policy development.”

Creative Aging Focus:

IMLS supported several creative aging programs including Creative Aging in New York’s Libraries and Creative Aging in America’s Libraries. Both were multi-year, multi-library and multi-state initiatives that provided training, technical assistance and seed programming.