DATE: March 7, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kelley Worman-Landano, Interim County Librarian
SUBJECT: School Readiness Program
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively authorize the County Librarian's previous submittal of a participant application to the Bay Area Discovery Museum's Center for Childhood Creativity for the School Readiness Program ($1,000);
2. Approve and authorize the Fresno County Public Library to participate in the School Readiness Program administered by the Bay Area Discovery Museum's Center for Childhood Creativity, effective upon approval through August 31, 2017 ($1,000); and
3. Adopt Resolution increasing the FY 2016-17 appropriations and estimated revenues in the Library Grants Organization 7517 in the amount of $1,000 (4/5 vote).
REPORT
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. Approval of the recommended actions will allow the Library to participate in the School Readiness Program grant, which supplements early literacy programs currently provided by the Library. The participant application was submitted contingent upon your Board's approval. Grant funds in the amount of $1,000 will be provided by the Bay Area Discovery Museum's Center for Childhood Creativity. The funding will allow the Library to purchase children's books, workbooks, book bags, and arts and crafts workshop materials. The funds will be distributed by the Califa Group, a nonprofit library membership consortium, on behalf of the Bay Area Discovery Museum's Center for Childhood Creativity. The Fowler Library Branch was selected for this program.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose to not participate in the School Readiness Program, which will result in the Library not collaborating with the Bay Area Discovery Museum's Center for Childhood Creativity to supplement early literacy programming at the library.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. The funding...
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