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i`foo . 4 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For Council Meeting of MAY 19, 1992 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: DAVID MICHAEL DAVIS, CITY LIBRARIAN A0 SUBJECT: SUBMISSION OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY SERVICES Date: April 29, 1992 ACT (CLSA) "FAMILIES FOR LITERACY" GRANT APPLICATION BACKGROUND The Colton Public Library is eligible to apply for CLSA state grant funds to continue a "Families for Literacy" program for a third year beginning FY 92-93 in the amount of $20,555. The program, coordinated at the Luque Branch Library, involves volunteer tutors and adult learners in activities that promote parents and their children reading together. If funded, instructional resource materials will be purchased and a part-time Family Literacy Program Coordinator will plan and continue to implement suitable programs to promote reading. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM We at the Colton Public Library endeavor to reach parents who are having difficulty being a reading role model for their children. We work with them to show them how they can better teach their children and together overcome the cultural, educational and economic disadvantages that transmit low literacy from generation to generation. During FY 91-92, the Colton Public Library "Families for Literacy" program has enrolled 25 local families with 63 children actively participating in the reading program. ALTERNATIVES Without grant funding, such a reading program can only otherwise continue with the City's General Funds. FINANCIAL IMPACT No -cost item to the City. No local matching funds are required. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that Council authorize the City to submit a California Library Services Act (CLSA) Grant Application to support a "Families for Literacy" program. The Colton Public Library Board of Trustees has reviewed th's matter and concurs with this recommendation. City Manager's Concurren e Attachments: Page 1 of__—I-- Item No._