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City of San Leandro City Council Meeting Date: October 17, 2022 Agenda Number: 10.d. Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR File Number: 22-597 File Type: Staff Report Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Accept Grant Funds in the Amount of $95,105 from the California State Library’s California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) Grant to Fund the Continuation of the Project Literacy Adult and Family Literacy Service COUNCIL PRIORITY ·Community Engagement and Outreach ·Race and Equity Initiatives SUMMARY The California State Library’s California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) Grant has annually funded the San Leandro Public Library’s Project Literacy since 1989. It has allowed the Library to advance adult and family literacy through tutoring, community outreach, volunteerism , and collaborative partnerships. Project Literacy provides free literacy support services which enable individuals in the community to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve economic independence and full participation within their community. Project Literacy takes a learner-centered and goal-directed approach to tutoring, thus empowering learners to shape their learning. Learners define their goals within four areas of life: life-long learning (personal & educational goals), job and career, family, and community. Many learners have goals to increase involvement in their family’s literacy activities, such as reading together, helping with their homework, or communicating with their teachers. Our Family Literacy Program supports learners who are raising children 0-14. Literacy provides onramps to equity and inclusion for not just the adult learner, but for an entire family. The program helps between 20-40 literacy learners annually by pairing them with trained community volunteer tutors. RECOMMENDATIONS Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution to accept the grant award for FY 2022-2023 totaling $95,105 from CLLS and to authorize the City Manager to execute all documents and appropriate the funds. BACKGROUND The California State Library’s CLLS Grant has annually funded the San Leandro Public Library’s Project Literacy since 1989. It is awarded based on a funding formula (Attachment B). Analysis For FY 2022-2023, the award packet (Attachment C) provides $95,105, split into two categories , Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/13/2022