Title
Adopt a Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds in the Amount of $79,585 and to Execute All Documents Related to the California State Library’s California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) Grant to Fund the Continuation of Project Literacy Adult and Family Literacy Services
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
Quality of Life
SUMMARY
The California State Library’s California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) Grant has funded the San Leandro Public Library’s Project Literacy annually 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 to community members who read and write at less than a high school level, allowing them to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve economic independence and full participation within the 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), employment, family, and community. Learners who have set goals to increase their involvement in their children’s literacy, such as reading together or helping with homework, receive support through the family literacy program. Literacy provides onramps to equity and inclusion for not just the adult learner, but for an entire family. Project Literacy helps more than 180 adult literacy learners annually by pairing them with trained volunteer tutors and by providing free learning activities such as classes.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommend the City Council adopt a resolution to accept the grant award for FY 2027 totaling $79,585 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 f...
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