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Seattle Federal Records Center, c. 1970. State Library Photograph Collection, 1851-1990. Washington State Archives.
THE LOCAL RECORDS GRANT PROGRAM: NEARLY $700,000 IN GRANTS AWARDED TO 37 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES STATEWIDE

THE LOCAL RECORDS GRANT PROGRAM: NEARLY $700,000 IN GRANTS AWARDED TO 37 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES STATEWIDE

Washington State Archives, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State, is awarding $698,510 in grants to 37 government agencies statewide as part of the Local Records Grant Program for 2021-2022. The Local Records Grant Program helps local-government agencies and entities upgrade their technological resources to improve their records retention and management, and response processes for public records requests. Qualified agencies and entities applied online in June 2021. During the summer, an Archives Oversight Committee, composed of county…

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Third round of grants awarded by Local Records Grant Program

Third round of grants awarded by Local Records Grant Program

Washington counties and cities will soon benefit from grant funding awarded by the Local Records Grant Program administered by the Washington State Archives, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State. The grants will help local governments preserve and protect their documents and history. The City of Edmonds will soon be able to organize its file room, Jefferson County will have access to new technology tools, and the Ridgefield School District can start digitally scanning its records. In…

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Preserving more of local governments’ history

Preserving more of local governments’ history

The cities we live in, the fire districts that protect us, the school districts that educate us, the health districts that heal us when we’re sick. They all have something in common: Minutes, Ordinances, and Resolutions passed by their governing bodies. Through a grant project, our State Archives has awarded over $3.1 million to 266 local government agencies over the past 10 years to preserve these types of public records and share them with the public. This year, the Washington…

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Need a local records grant?

Need a local records grant?

The Washington State Archives is now taking applications for its 2011-13 Local Records Grant Program. The application materials are available online through the Secretary of State’s website. The competitive grant program is available only to local government agencies in Washington. The program focuses on getting archival records digitized and made available through the Digital Archives. Agencies are also encouraged to transfer their records to the Archives for permanent preservation. The budget for this two-year grant cycle is $200,000, with a…

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