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CITY OF COLTON <br />AGENDA REPORT <br />For Council Meeting of May 17, 1994 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: DAVID MICHAEL DAVIS, CITY LIBRARIAN <br />SUBJECT: SUBMISSION OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY SERVICES Date: April 28, 1994 <br />ACT (CLSA) "FAMILIES FOR LITERACY" GRANT <br />APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,555, <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Colton Public Library is eligible to apply for CLSA state grant <br />funds to continue a "Families for Literacy" program for a fifth year <br />beginning FY 94-95 in the amount of $20,555. The program, coordinated <br />at the Luque Branch Library, involves volunteer tutors and adult <br />learners in activities that promote parents and their children reading <br />together. If funded, instructional resource materials will be <br />purchased and a part-time Family Literacy Program Coordinator will <br />plan and continue to implement suitable programs to promote reading. <br />STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM <br />We at the Colton Public Library endeavor to reach parents who are <br />having difficulty being a reading role model for their children. We <br />work with them to show them how they can better teach their children <br />and together overcome the cultural, educational and economic disad- <br />vantages that transmit low literacy from generation to generation. <br />During FY 92-93, the Colton Public Library "Families for Literacy" <br />program has enrolled 61 local families with 421 children actively <br />participating in the reading program. <br />ALTERNATIVES <br />Without grant funding, such a reading program can only otherwise <br />continue with the city's general funds. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT <br />No -cost item to the city. No local matching funds are required. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that Council authorize the city to submit a <br />California Library Services Act (CLSA) Grant Application to support a <br />"Families for Literacy" program. <br />The Colton Public Library Board of Trustees has reviewed this matter <br />and concurs with this recommendation. <br />City Manager's Concurrence <br />Attachments: R E C, V iD <br />Page 1 of --l- _ MAY 0 11994 Item No. /40 <br />ciTY OF COLTUa <br />--iTY MANA.Gcfi <br />