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Regular Agenda Item 2. A.

Regular BOS Meeting

Meeting Date:	04/16/2024
Submitted For:	Elaine Votruba
Submitted By:	Veronica Hernandez, Public Services Librarian
Department:	Library District
Fiscal Year:	2024-2025	Budgeted?:	Yes
Contract Dates Begin & End:	July 1,2024-June 30, 2025	Grant?:	Yes
Matching Requirement?:	No	Fund?:	Renewal

Information

Request/Subject

Grantee Agreement GRA-RC004-24-1209-01-Y2 between the Gila Regional Partnership Council, Arizona Early Childhood Development and Health Board (First Things First), and Gila County Library District for the period July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025.

Background Information

The Gila County Library District's "First Things First Parent Education Community-Based Training Grant" is a government-to-government agreement with the Gila Regional Council. This is a grant renewal and shall become effective for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. Total funds available are $60,000 for this period. This agreement continues the Early Literacy strategy begun by the previous First Things First Parent Education Community-Based Training Grants that began in the fiscal year 2011.

Evaluation

The current Early Literacy Grant from "First Things First" has been highly successful in providing curriculum materials and educational training to the libraries in the service area for their use in programming and training for parents. Library staff has heard only positive comments regarding the training provided to parents on the importance of early literacy skills and of reading to their children.

The public libraries are continuing to tailor and adapt programming geared at these ages and to encourage families to expand the reading opportunity by visiting the library and borrowing other books to read. We will continue the plan for staffing to include a percentage which will be funded from this grant to better address the needs throughout the year for outreach and awareness and to provide continuous staff support throughout the year.

Conclusion

Of all the programs that the Gila County Library District administers, fosters, or promotes, this grant gives staff the opportunity to reach the most residents and creates a climate and culture to develop the pre-reading skills necessary for literacy in children. The grant has a goal of enrolling 1,300 children and distributing 15,600 books in this program.

Recommendation

The Gila County Library District recommends that the Board of Directors approve the renewal and acceptance of this government-to-government agreement for the First Things First Parent Education Community-Based Literacy Grant for the amount of $60,000 for fiscal year July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

Suggested Motion

(Motion to recess as the Gila County Board of Supervisors and convene as the Gila County Library Board of Directors) Information/Discussion/Action to approve the renewal and acceptance of Grantee Agreement No. GRA-RC004-24-1209-01-Y2 between the Gila Regional Partnership Council, Arizona Early Childhood Development and Health Board (First Things First), and the Gila County Library District in the amount of $60,000 for fiscal year July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. (Elaine Votruba) (Motion to adjourn as the Gila County Library Board of Directors and reconvene as the Gila County Board of Supervisors)

Attachments
Grantee Agreement No. GRA-RC004-24-1209-01-Y2
Signature page to Grantee Agreement No. GRA-RC004-24-1209-01-Y2