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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Anne Marie Gold, County Librarian
DATE: April 14, 1993
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT STATE LIBRARY FUNDING
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the Contra Costa County Librarian to apply for and accept State Library funding in the
amount of $25,000 for the period of July 1 , 1993 through June 30, 1994 to maintain and increase the
literacy activities forthe adult literacy parents and their young children throughout Contra Costa County.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
No matching funds are required. The Library's costs will include staff time for administration, tutor
training and program support by other Project Second Chance staff. The Library will also provide
financial and clerical support and space. Project Second Chance, Inc., will add $4,650 to this budget
and the Morris Stulsaft Foundation has contributed $7,500 toward it.
BACKGROUND:
Funds have been made available through the California Library Services Act to finance Families for
Literacy projects which enhance and expand the library-based literacy projects to include the entire
family. The Library has received state funding for its Families for Literacy Program for the past four
years. This project allows the Contra Costa County Library and its literacy program, Project Second
Chance, to provide literacy activities for adult literacy parents. By raising the awareness of these
parents, or other primary caretakers, of basic techniques for increasing reading readiness skills for
their children and supplying quality children's books, the cycle of illiteracy can be broken.
Some activities include:
1. Training and supporting tutors in methods specific to enhancing parents as their children's first
teachers.
2. Working with the entire library system to expand Families for Literacy concepts to the public.
3. Providing the means of making the library less intimidating and more accessible to Literacy
Families.
4. Cooperating with such agencies as Teen Parent, Head Start and Even Start programs to
expand literacy to other families in the community.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
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_RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR—RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
AYES: NOES: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
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Contact: 646-6423 PHIL BAT HELOR, CLERK O THE BOARD OF
SUPERVI,9013Q AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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County Administrator By DEPUTY
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