The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) Summer Learning program is designed to serve as a bridge between school years, encouraging educational skills for all young people, thus preventing the “summer slide.” Research shows that students who do not engage in learning activities over the summer slide behind their peers when they reenter school in the fall. In addition to reaching young children and families, the Summer Learning Program also employs teens as a part of Team Read. This component offers teens an income, social and soft skills, communication training, financial literacy, and additional life-long skills.  

We’ve proudly supported the Summer Learning program by awarding them Signature Grants, with an investment of nearly $6M since 1994.