Do you have a few hours per month to help bring the library to homebound customers in your community?
Call (719) 553-0233 or email homebound@pueblolibrary.org for more information.
The Homebound Program provides free temporary or permanent library service to Pueblo County residents who are confined to their home or care facility. The Homebound offfice will endeavor to match customers with a volunteer who can deliver and retrieve materials from the customer's home once a month.
| Who can apply for the Homebound Program? Any person in Pueblo County who is unable to travel, temporarily or permanently, to the library without assistance due to illness, injury, condition, or physical disability may apply. How to Apply: Submit the online application here, download the application here, or call/email the Homebound Office at (719) 553-0233 or homebound@pueblolibrary.org for the application to be mailed to your address. The completed application can be dropped off at the library or mailed to the following address: Pueblo City-County Library District Homebound Office 100 E. Abriendo Avenue Pueblo, CO 81004 After the application is reviewed you will contacted by a library staff member. Homebound Status: The temporary or permanent homebound customer can check out any materials that circulate through normal library practices within the Pueblo City-County Library District with extended checkout time of twenty eight days. No fines will be assessed to homebound customers for late fees because of overlap time from volunteer deliveries; however fees for damaged or lost materials will apply. The library card may be maintained by the homebound office or the customer's volunteer for check out purposes. Homebound status will resume to regular library customer status upon the recovery of a temporary homebound customer and in the event that the policy/agreement is misused. |