ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. – The Nappanee Public Library was selected to receive a $3,000 grant to fund a program focusing on mental health awareness.

The library was one of 200 libraries chosen to participate in the American Library Association’s “Libraries Transforming Communities: Focus on Small and Rural Libraries” initiative, which emphases helping library workers better serve their communities.

The grant will fund a “One Book One Community” program allowing the Nappanee library and the Nappanee Mental Health Task Force to select a book the community can read that focuses on mental health awareness.