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-tee.,•^ •� <br />California immigrant Alliance Project <br />California is home to more than 10 million immigrants. The latest available data <br />show that nearly 27% of California's population is foreign born, about twice the <br />US percentage overall. <br />Public libraries play a key role in welcoming and educating immigrants. The <br />Immigrant Alliance Project was created to support libraries as they create, <br />enhance, and extend services to immigrants and their families. <br />Bilingual Books Funding Opportunity FAQs <br />Can people use the funds for a Bookflix subscription? <br />No. 800ki�lix Isn't a bilingual resource. Materials roust: he in a physical print format. <br />We have processing profiles set up with some vendors. If we purchase bilingual materials from those vendors, can the grant <br />money be used to pay for the vendor processing (book jackets, etc.) of the titles we purchase from them or is the money <br />only to be used for the materials themselves and we would have to pay for the processing costs? <br />1. <br />1 hese funds may be used for these minor processing costs with the vendors. <br />Can the funds be used for parenting books or other adult materials that would benefit family health or is it to be used ONLY <br />for children's materials? <br />No. the books need to be for children, grades preK through St". <br />If some of the larger jurisdictions do not claim their prize, is it possible to redistribute their share to some of the smaller <br />jurisdictions? <br />i'I'u.. response for thls opportunity has been ovcrwhehring. We are not currently in a situation where we can <br />redistribute rands to libraries that have already received funding. <br />• When requiring that the books be bilingual, is it necessary for the text to be in English/(Second Language) in the same <br />book? There are many titles which we own in English and would like to purchase in another language, but they are not <br />published as one page in English and one page in the other language. <br />o For this funding opportunity the books may he bilingual or in one language 1r0m tl le- list 01acceptable languages <br />(riot: English-ontyl. <br />Do we keep receipts and send them to you for you to pay? or do we pay and get reimbursed? <br />You will submit your invoices/paclung slips for reimbursement to Wendy Cao: caow@plsinfo.org <br />• Do the materials just need to be ordered by the deadline (July 31, 2018) or do we have to have received them by that date? <br />o They need to be ordered and received bythat date. No backorders] <br />• If our library jurisdiction participated last year, can we apply again? <br />o You may apply, however, priority will be given to applicants who have not received any funding yet. <br />• Is it possible foryou to send me a copy of our original application? I did not print it out before submitting it, and now need <br />it for our city's paper trail. <br />Yes, your original application can be sem to you in PDF. <br />08/07/2018 Council Agenda 551 <br />