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FROM: Ernest Siegel, County Librarian Contra
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DATE: May 20, 1985 County
SUBJECT: APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL GRANT--REACHING YOUTH:
LIBRARIES IN SERVICE TO THE JUVENILE HALL COMPLEX
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Authorize the Contra Costa County Library to apply for and accept Federal funding
for the period October 1, 1985 - September 30, 1986 to establish a 3000 volume
resident library to be housed within the Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall Complex.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This is an application for $61,000 in Federal funds. No matching funds are required.
The Library's contribution will include staff time for supervising the establishment
of a Juvenile Hall Complex Library, book cataloging and duplicating activities.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
Funds have been made available through the Federal Library Services and Construction
Act to finance demonstration projects which expand on or enhance current library
service. The Contra Costa County Library began limited library service to the
Juvenile Hall Complex about ten years ago by instituting regularly scheduled Book-
mobile stops. This practice continues today, providing an annual population of over
2600 only 48 hours of direct library service per year. In addition to this limited
time for library use, Juvenile Hall security necessitates limiting the number of
inmates allowed in the mobile library to very small, closely supervised groups,
usually of no more than 3-6 at a time. Additionally, the time they are allowed to
browse is relatively short. The combined effect makes library materials inaccessible
to the majority of Complex inmates.
Using the space and equipment already in existance at the Juvenile Hall Complex,
this project will allow the Contra Costa County Library to provide adequate library
service to inmates of the County Juvenile Hall Complex. This project has been
discussed with and has the full support of the County Probation Department--Juvenile
Hall and the County Office of Education--Juvenile Court School.
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CC: County Administrator ATTESTED ��ICP '4 . lel?
Library PHIL641ATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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