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C. 25

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Melinda Cervantes, County Librarian
Date:	December 13, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

California Endowment for the Humanities Grant

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/13/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

925-608-7790

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 13, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Librarian, or designee, to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $5,000 from the California Endowment for the Humanities to provide support, guidance and resources to engage recent immigrants and to broaden community connections throughout the county, for the period January 1 through December 31, 2017.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No Library Fund match.

BACKGROUND:

California Endowment for the Humanities has provided several grants to the Contra Costa County Library in the past. The purpose of this grant is to build the capacity of Library staff to reach and engage recent immigrants in order to deepen and broaden community connections. If funded, this grant opportunity will enable the library to participate in a 12-month process of individual and group learning and discovery that will include instruction from library and humanities field experts. Funds from the grant will be used to develop new programming for immigrants that may serve as models for other libraries to replicate in the future.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Staff will not be able to take advantage of the training and programming opportunity.