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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09101996 - C83 C .a3 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Anne Marie Gold, County Librarian DATE: August 10, 1996 SUBJECT: Literacy Program Transition Grant SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the Contra Costa County Library to apply for and accept California State Library Literacy Program Transition funds, in the amount of $29,259, for the period October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1997, to provide transitional support to continue the library literacy program's Project GABLE, which provides tutor training and materials to address the needs of adult new readers who learn in non-traditional ways. FINANCIAL IMPACT: No matching funds are required. The Library's contribution will include staff time for administrative and clerical support for Project AABLE. BACKGROUND: Funds have been made available through the Federal Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Title VI, to enhance and expand library literacy programs since the mid-1980's. The final federal budget for FY 1996/97 eliminated funding for this program. The transition funds offered by the California State Library on August 8, 1996, will enable California public libraries to plan for and complete a transition from LSCA, Title VI funding to other means of support. The Contra Costa County Library's application for literacy program transition funds will include the following plan of service: 1. Provide coordination of Project AABLE for twenty hours per week, for forty-eight weeks. 2. Provide training and evaluation of tutoring for tutors using the Reading Revolution method. 3. Provide assessment of adult learner progress. 4. Provide support for adults whose children are receiving Reading Revolution instruction through a cooperative effort with the library's Families for Literacy program. Continued on Attachment: SIGNATURE: 61aalCmc-+�-� —C%� _RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE _APPROVE _OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON /o.) 1179A APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TR UE AND _UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND AYES: NOES: ENTERED ON THE AHNUTES OF THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: BOARD OF SUPE.RRVISORS ON DATE SHOWN. Attested g��,, �(n.w.11C,6 /© . 9 9(a Contact: Rosemarie Bell,646-6429 Phil BatcAelor, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator cc: Library Administration n ByXJ Y Deputy Clerk i:lboslorders.doc