HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05112010 - C.40RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept California
State Library funding in the amount of $57,432 to meet the operational and contract services
expenses required by Project Second Chance (PSC), the Contra Costa County Library adult
literacy program, to provide adult literacy services for the period of July 1, 2010 to June 30,
2011.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No library fund match.
BACKGROUND:
Project Second Chance was founded in 1984 with a grant from the California State Library.
In 2003, AB 1266 was passed. Article 4.6, Section 18880-18884 of that bill, established the
California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services Program and the formula that
determines how local funds, generated by individual library jurisdictions, are matched by
the California State Library, using funds legislated specifically for this purpose.
Funds committed to Project Second Chance by the Contra Costa
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/11/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Gail McPartland,
925-927-3204
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 11, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Katherine Sinclair, Deputy
cc:
C.40
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Anne Cain, Librarian
Date:May 11, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Librarian to Apply for and Accept Funding from the California State
Library for Library Literacy Service
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
County Library, foundation grants and private donations will be matched by the California
State Library using a funding formula that is based on: the State Library’s budget for adult
literacy, the number of students served by Project Second Chance and the total amount of
local funding that the Contra Costa County Library certifies will be allocated to support
Project Second Chance. For fiscal year 2010-2011 the amount is $374,629.