HomeMy WebLinkAbout03. Appropriate $20,996 in Supplemental Literacy Grant Funds from CLLS Grantlam►
APPROVED BY
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OFFICE OF
BY: BENJAMIN DICKOW, LIBRARY DIRECTOR
COLUMBIA•' DIRECTOR
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That the City Council appropriate 20,996 in additional Literacy Grant Funds
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The California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) Grant provides funding for local libraries, which
use the funds to offer basic literacy instruction, provide family literacy support, train literacy
tutors, encourage further education (including GED test assistance) and employment skills
assistance (e.g.: basic computer classes). This grant funding is appropriated by the City Council
on an annual basis as part of the budget approval process, under fund 10 -General and program
number 4394.
Since the Council's approval of the FY 17 -18 budget, the State has increased the CLLS grant
amount to 38,996, from the initial 18,000 budgeted.
The financial resources to support this appropriation come from the CLLS grant. This requested
action will allocate the 20,996 increase to the following object codes: