Libraries have moved far beyond just being book depositories. We’re agile institutions stocked with new technologies to help power a higher level of knowledge across our Commonwealth. Through PA Forward, libraries will equip Pennsylvania’s citizens with the knowledge they need to move forward.

• Moving to excel in the 21st century, where command of new information technologies and strengthened community connections will boost a job creation and retention climate that attracts and multiplies success
• Moving their communities forward as better informed, more aware and active citizens – voting, volunteering in, and contributing to the life of their communities
• Moving forward from job loss and coping with career transition – because libraries will help Pennsylvanians seek work, job opportunities, and career reinvention
• Building a healthier future for their families through better access to information and understanding about prevention, medical conditions, and medications
• Gaining good reading habits early in life which directly correlates to better academic performance, graduation rates...and better decisions in and out of school that reduce costs to our social and criminal justice system services – a better use of our tax dollars
• Proactively managing their finances to achieve greater financial self-sufficiency and build a stronger future for themselves and their families