HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05072013 - C.32RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept Library Services and Technology
Act funds from the California State Library in an amount not to exceed $60,000 to meet the operational and services
expenses required by Project Second Chance, which provides adult literacy services, for the period July 1, 2013
through June 30, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No additional Library Fund impact. Funds committed to Project Second Chance by the Contra Costa 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 2013/14, the Library has pledged adult literacy funds currently budgeted in
the amount of $421,541 to secure the grant award.
BACKGROUND:
Project Second Chance was founded in 1984 with a grant from the California
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/07/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, 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 7, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 32
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Barbara Flynn, County Librarian
Date:May 7, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Apply for and Accept Funding from the California State Library for Literacy Services
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
State Library. In 2003, AB 1266 was passed. Article 4.6, Sections 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.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Library will not receive California State Library funding for adult literacy, reducing the number of students that
can be served.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None