To: Board of Supervisors
From: Libraries
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 Amendment to the Grant Agreement with First 5 Humboldt for FY 2020-21
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the 2021-22 Amendment (Attachment I) to the 2020-21 Grant Agreement between First 5 Humboldt and the County of Humboldt (Attachment II);
2. Authorize the Chair to sign three (3) copies of the attached amendment; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return three (3) copies of the amendment 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.
The current one-year agreement, in the amount of $67,500 begins July 1, 2020 and continues through June 30, 2021. The amendment will extend this agreement through June 30, 2022, with an additional $67,500 for the 2021-22 fiscal year.
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 progra...
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