What We Fund
Libraries are a part of America’s tapestry and essential to the life of our community. Promoting early to lifelong learning, providing resources for job training and life skills, encouraging families through interaction, gathering our neighbors together for entertainment—libraries transform lives.
Our Programs
LaunchPad College Application Program
For over a decade, LaunchPad has empowered local high school students with the information and materials necessary to apply for college by providing free; individual, and small-group college application counseling in Fort Worth Library locations. The LaunchPad Program Director helps young applicants demonstrate college readiness, insightful thought, and polished responses through the development of the application essay and other self-expressive materials.
Learn MoreAmplify 817
Amplify 817 is the latest local music collection to join the open-source MUSICat platform. Created by Fort Worth Public Library in partnership with Hear Fort Worth and with support from The Fort Worth Public Library Foundation, Amplify 817 “nurtures budding artists by bringing their music to light and making it easily accessible to fans around the corner or around the world.”
Learn MoreMusic Lessons & Instrument Lending
The purpose of the Instrument Lending program is to broaden music literacy in the community by providing free access to musical instruments, regardless of background or income. Library cardholders can borrow the instruments for up to three weeks with the possibility of renewing twice consecutively, depending on the length of the waitlist. The instruments are stored at the Central Library but are available through interlibrary loan to any of the branch locations.
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