The missouri state library will use funds to support the goals of their five-year plan for FY 2023-2027, which reflect the purposes and priorities of the library services and technology act (LSTA)

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Missouri Secretary of State, Fiscal Office Division (operating as the Missouri State Library) $5,055,418.18 under the Grants to States program (CFDA 45.310) on October 1, 2025, to support library services aligned with the state's five-year plan for fiscal years 2023–2027.

The award funds three primary goals under the Library Services and Technology Act: expanded learning services and equitable access to quality library resources, services, and technology for digital literacy and education; strengthened and expanded library services to meet educational, cultural, intellectual, workforce, personal, and social development needs, with particular attention to persons with difficulty using libraries and underserved rural and urban areas; and enhanced skills development for the current library workforce and leadership to advance effective delivery of library and information services.

Performance spans from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, with work performed in Jefferson City, Missouri. The Missouri State Library, as the State Library Administrative Agency, will distribute funds through subawards to eligible public, academic, research, school, and special libraries or consortia across Missouri. The award is one of two partially overlapping active grants the state maintains during any given period under the Grants to States formula structure, with each tracked and reported separately.

Specific goals include: 1) missourians have expanded services for learning and equity of access to quality library resources, services and technology to support individuals' needs for education, lifelong learning, and digital literacy skills; 2) strengthen and expand both quality and availability of library services appropriate to meet the educational, cultural, intellectual, workforce, personal and social development needs of missourians, particularly persons with difficulty using the library and underserved rural and urban areas; and 3) current library workforce and leadership possess enhanced skills to advance the effective delivery of library and information services.