To: Board of Supervisors
From: Libraries
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Grant Agreement with First 5 Humboldt for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the Grant Agreement between First 5 Humboldt and the County of Humboldt (Attachment I);
2. Authorize the Chair to sign three copies of the attached grant agreement; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return three copies of the grant agreement to the Humboldt County Library.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
First 5 Humboldt Grant restricted funds
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Library (HCL) has collaborated with First 5 Humboldt since January 2004, when the Board first authorized a multi-year partnership between First 5 and HCL to provide enhanced services to families with children from the prenatal stage to 5 years of age. The initial grant agreement authorizing the collaboration expired in December 2005 but has since been continued on a yearly basis after program evaluation and discussion between HCL and First 5 Humboldt.
This current 1-year agreement, in the amount of $67,500 begins July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. This item comes to your Board after the effective date due to administrative oversight. The purpose of the grant funds are to promote and foster a family-friendly environment at the HCL, enhance HCL's outreach programs by targeting library services to geographically isolated ethnic and at-risk families, bolster the general library collections with multicultural, bilingual, and early literacy materials, and augment HCL's collection with new books and audiovisual resources about parenting and child-rearing skills and strategies.
Additionally, HCL will build and strengthen its network of community collaborations among similar organizations within the communities it serves through programs such as "Leap into Literacy, Books on the Go," which is a primary component of the outreach program that First 5 Humbo...
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